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WILLAED'S FIFTH DIGEST. 

DIGEST 

OF THE 

FOR ILLINOIS, 



BEING THE FIFTH UNDER AUTHORITY -OF" THE "'-":- , 
GRAND LODGE OF ILLINOIS. 






By SAMUEL WILLARD, 
P.G. Rep., P.G.P., P.G. Sec'y, and P.G. Scribe. 



PUBLISHED BY THE R. W. GRAND LODGE OF ILLINOIS, 

1872. 



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Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1873, by 

SAMUEL WILLAKD, 

in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 



X. C. NASON, 

PRINTER, 

Peoria, III. 



PREFACE. 



The author here presents a new Digest of the Laws 
of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows for Illinois, 
prepared under the authority of the R.W. Grand 
Lodge of the State of Illinois. Twenty years ago he 
prepared the first Digest ordered by that body, which 
filled only a few pages of the Journal of that year. 
Similar ones he made in 1854 and 1855. His fourth 
Digest for Illinois was a little volume like this, issued 
by the Grand Lodge in 1864. The large ability and 
judicial acuteness of P.G. Representative Edward A. 
Hucker had been engaged for the preparation of 
another Digest; but a painful and disabling disease, 
which proved fatal, prevented the fulfillment of his 
plan ; and the work fell to the writer of the previous 
ones, who thus presents his 'Fifth Digest', a title 
he adopts as the readiest for distinction. The plan 
of the Digest for 1864 has been adopted, which had 
been so highly commended that it seemed only ne- 
cessary to enlarge the scope of the work a little and 
to improve its details. 

It is claimed for this work that, in addition to the 
local legislation of Illinois, it includes all that any 



IV ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 

Odd-Fellow in any jurisdiction can need to use of the 
laws of the G.L.U.S., except what he may need as 
a member or officer of the G.L.U.S. ; and even the 
members of the G.L.U.S. will find no where else in 
such condensed and collected form the information 
contained in § 65 of this manual ; indeed, the same 
may be said of the whole of Chapters I and II. Not 
a little historical information is brought into this 
work or referred to for convenience of research : for 
examples, see Manchester Unity, in the Index, p. 401, 
and § 331 ; legislation on Non-Payment, §§ 735-739, 745, 
747 ; Degrees, § 556 ; Passwords, §§ 344, 484, 493, 494 ; Of- 
ficers of G.L.U.S., $$'20, 21, and App'x VIII; Visitors 
to the G.L.U.S., §29; Deputies, §143; Rebekah Degree, 
§§ 235, 556, and the Addenda below ; Mutilated Persons, 
§330; Degree Lodges, § 577 ; Liquor Traffic, §644; and 
on sundry other subjects, §§ 28, 11, 16, 33, 45, 48, 217, 
364. Respecting Illinois, see Appendix VIII; on 
cases of Suspension of Lodges, § 186 ; Use of Funds, §§ 
421, 424; Fines, §650; Appeal Cases, §771; Model Code, 
§§ 848, 1083; Tax {Capitation) in Index, p. 425; and 
for other subjects, §§ 68, 70, 74, 76, 108, 189, 190, 397, 
554, 575, 628, 790, 811, 836, 874, 891, 906, 951, 961, 1088. 
It is often important, still oftener convenient, to 
know not only what is the law, but also what it has 
been. 

Unlike the Illinois Digest of 1864, this book has the 
G.L.U.S. laws separate from those of the local Grand 
Bodies, so that every one using the book may know 
the source of the enactments. The analytical indexes 
are more minute and extensive than in the former 
volume. The Appendixes are fuller, and include sev- 



eral matters not to be found in any other work known 
to the compiler. Several new Forms are introduced, 
useful in any jurisdiction; the Rules of Order of the 
'Model Code' are included; the 8th Appendix, a 
compendium of historical information, will be found 
to contain interesting and useful matters ; the Refer- 
ence Tables will be useful for comparing this and 
other Digests with the Journals of the G.L.U.S. and 
with the Journals of Illinois ; and the last table will 
enable the reader to use this compendium of laws 
with the references made to its predecessor. 

Immediately following this preface are a few cor- 
rections, and a few additions from the legislation of 
the G.L.U.S. in 1872: the decisions of the G. Sire 
were not all acted upon, and only those which be- 
came laws are included. It is proper to say that, 
though in 1870 the author proposed a mere revision 
of his Digest of 1864, the present work is made by go- 
ing again to the Journals as for an entirely new book : 
every reference has been examined ; and former Di- 
gests have been but little used, except where the lan- 
guage of the Illinois Digest of 1864 was found still 
suitable. In order that his own work might have the 
character of an independent presentation of the laws, 
he made no use of the U.S. Digest of John H. White, 
Esq., P.G.R. of New York, until all his materials 
were collected and arranged ; and then he found that, 
with the exception of three or four instances, he did 
not need its suggestions. Bro. White's access to the 
Secret Journals makes this work indebted for a por- 
tion of § 601 ; and in g 766 the author chose to use 
Bro. White's very words. This disclaimer of assist- 



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ance is not made in depreciation of Bro. White's ex- 
cellent work, but only in assertion of the independ- 
ent research of this Digest. That his work is perfect 
the writer does not suppose : he can only hope that 
those who use it may find its errors few and slight, 
and its usefulness and helpfulness abundant. 

SAMUEL WILLAKD. 
Chicago, Illinois, December 30, 1872. 



ADDITIONS AND COEEECTIONS. 



Note. — When no authority is given for an addition, 
it is taken from the U.S. Journal of 1872: the page is 
not given, as the extracts are from the 'Daily Jour- 
nal'. The sections are those to which addition or cor- 
rection is made. 

I 9. An inquiry may not be presented to the G.L. 
U. S. in the form of a resolution. 

§ 42. An amendment of the constitution of a Grand 
Bodv goes into force as soon as it is approved by the 
G.L.U.S. 

§ 45. A G.L. may not open in the Scarlet Degree for 
business. A G.L. may give the G.L. Degree on cer- 
tificate of official service issued by Sub. Lodge of an- 
other jurisdiction, accompanied by certificate of rep- 
resentation from one of its own subordinates. 

§ 65 (4). See addition to § 389, below. 

1 69. When the constitution of a G.L. requires that 
" Representatives shall be elected by each Subordin- 
ate from among its P.G's in good standing," the N.G. 
[if not previously a P.G.] cannot be chosen Repre- 
sentative, as he must complete his term and his suc- 
cessor be installed before he is a P.G. Observe, the by- 
law of the G.L. 111. has these very terms (By-Laws G. 
L. II, 9), and comes under this restriction. 

I 87. Line 10, for 61 read 6. 

| 95. The G.L.U.S. sustains the author's objection 
in the note. 

1 97. A typographical error has been in all copies of 
the G.L. 111. Const. IV, 2, from 1855 : it is corrected on 
p. 266 by copying the words of the previous constitu- 



Vm ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

tion as to the casting vote : they are to he preferred 
to the words of \ 97. 

\ 154. In line 3, for he, read — a Deputy. 

1 158. The duties of D.D.G.M's and D.D.G.P's are 
or should be defined in the local law or their com- 
missions ; and those officers may not go beyond their 
defined powers. Persistent violations of law should 
be reported by them. 

§ 166. The G.L.U.S. says this clause must be amend- 
ed to allow Dismissal Certificates to be received on a 
petition, according to $ 167. 

# 185. In line 8, for officer, read — officers. 

| 189. Add to the note a reference to § 397. 

\ 199. Add reference to § 27. 

\ 235. The G.L.U.S in 1871 decided (Secret Journal) 
that in Lodges having the Reb. Degree all officers 
must have it; but in 1872 it enacted that only the 
elective officers need have it. 

§ 246. The first sentence is G.L.U.S. law; the re- 
mainder is local law. 

§ 258. The last sentence is G.L.U.S. law; the first, 
local law. 

§ 307. The first sentence is G.L.U.S. law; the second, 
local law. 

§ 326. This prohibition will not allow a Sub. Lodge 
to fix a limitation of age as a qualification. See 
||328,841(1). 

§ 351. Former members of a revived Lodge, if not 
readmitted at the revival, may resume membership 
under local law. 

§ 355. Reference to § 226 should be to § 360. 

| 360. Reference to § 105 should be to § 154. 

1 387. A G.L. may not approve a law allowing a 
Lodge to receive in advance a gross sum in stead of 
weekly dues. 

§ 389. A law by a G. Body to allow Sub's to admit 
ministers of the gospel on special terms as to fees is 
not contrary to general laws [§ 65 (4)] ; nor is it secta- 
rian, as it must be construed to- give the same priv- 
ilege to all ministers who preach the Word of God 
from the Holy Scriptures, irrespective of the distinc- 
tion of Old and New Testaments. 



ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. IX 

§ 402. Strike out 'do not.' 

§ 426. Funds of defuncts may be applied by G. Bod- 
ies to tbe assistance of widows and orphans of the de- 
funct bodies, or to any relief fund in tbe G. Body's 
jurisdiction; but if a -fund is held on a specific trust 
(§421), the G. Body must see that the trust is duly 

§435. The G.L. 111. in 1872 declared that to give 
merely nominal benefits when a Lodge is able to do 
more is contrary to the spirit of the Order. 

§ 446. The first and fourth sentences are local law ; 
the second and third are the G.L.U.S! law. 

§465(8). In the Bartling Case, the G-.L.U.S. held 
that while, perhaps, a Lodge may refuse benefits after 
death caused by immorality into which it had no op- 
portunity to inquire, it may not refuse them when it 
has waived its rights by needlessly neglecting to in- 
quire and bring charges. 

§477. For ' preceding section ' read '§474'. 

§ 486. If a member of Lodge 'A' before installation 
in his own Lodge visits Lodge ' B ' which has had in- 
stallation and has the new S.A.P.W. in use, he can 
not be admitted to 'B' on the old S.A.P.W. 

§490. After the word 'chair' insert the reference 
'(§§265-6)''. 

§ 497. When a G. Sec'y or other officer gives a W. 
Card or certificate to a member of a defunct subor- 
dinate, he should give the A.T.P.W. with it, or an 
order therefor, on which a N.G. [or C.P.] must give 
the P.W. 

§556. For 'April 20th', read 'Sept. 25th'; for 'May 
6', read 'June 14'. 

§570. In the last sentence 'any Lodge' includes in 
its meaning Degree Lodges. 

§572. For '§467' read '§46'. 

§ 577. The right to confer all degrees on its members 
is inherent in a Lodge, and is not lost by its agreeing 
to the institution of a Degree L. or Reb. D.L. (See 
§ 589). 

§ 586. See next addition. 

§591. It is decided that the 'providing otherwise' 
herein allowed must be by law subsequent to the en- 



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actinent, hence, later than September, 1871: hence, 
the Illinois law of g 586, IV, 2, is invalid until reen- 
acted by the G.L. Illinois, and Reb. D. Lodges must 
ballot on elections. 

§ 626. Add reference to 111. IV, 226. 

1 630. A brother can not be punished by repri- 
mand, suspension or expulsion, except upon convic- 
tion bv his Subordinate L. or E. on charges. 

I 688. The decision of the G.M. 111. was decided to 
be illegal; but the same was immediately made law 
by enactment of the G.L.U.S. 

§ 706. When a party is expelled for contempt in 
not appearing for trial, the record should show, by 
some positive evidence, that a copy of the charges 
and a summons was served on the accused, with a 
sufficient notice of the time and place of trial. 

§ 712. Add reference to g 692. 

1 738. The amendment to U.S. Const. XVI, 4, is 
adopted. 

§ 744. To clause 3 add this: "or such lesser sum as 
may be fixed by the by-laws of the Lodge to which 
such application is made; provided such sum be not 
less than the amount of one year's dues of said Lodge." 
—U.S. 5151. 

§ 771. In 8th clause, Tweed Case, the correct state- 
ment is, "acquittal overruled and penalty ordered 
by G. Master." 

\ 780. When a Lodge has suspended a member for 
other cause than KP.D., it may, on reinstatement, 
commute or remit any part of his accumulated ar- 
rears. 

$ 781. In absence of local law, the same vote rein- 
states that expels. 

§§ 812—13. Members who are about to withdraw 
from a Lodge have all rights of voting as long as they 
remain members. 

I 841. To (1), add reference to §g 326, 328; to (13), 
add reference to § 650; add as (14), To prescribe what 
P.G. shall fill N.G.'s chair, £270; add as (15), To fix 
amount of Treasurer's bond, # 282. 

§ 848. Add reference to p. 296, R.O. of M. Code 
given. 



ADDITIONS AXD CORRECTIONS. XI 

§ 882. Add reference to § 426, and to addition above. 

\ 927. Add reference to § 931. 

§ 931. Add reference to \ 927. 

§978. Made U.S. law by G. Sire's 11th Decis. 1872. 

1 1060. Eepealed in 1872. 

1 1063. Add, 'and whether degree may be conferred 
on night of application'. 

§ 1077. Encampments are permitted to wear on pa- 
rade such street uniform as may be sanctioned by their 
G-. Encampments ; but under no circumstances shall 
the funds of an Encampment be appropriated to meet 
any expense incurred thereby. 

1 1078. In stead of this section, use the order given 
on p. 330, not noticed at the time of writing the sec- 
tion. The use of crooks suggested by the section for 
C.P. and H.P. is not confirmed by that order, though 
not prohibited directly, if at all. 

§ 1088. Last line of page, for § 799 read § 1087. 

Page 344. To list of G-. Sires, add, '1873, C. A. Logan, 
Kansas'. 

Page 352. Line 11, after 1864, insert 'and 1869'. 

Page 354, opposite '87 ' in 3d column, for '161', read 
'191'. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



SECTIONS. PAGE. 

CHAP. I. 

R.W. Grand Lodge of the U.S., . . 1-33. 1. 

CHAP. II. 

General Laws respecting Grand Bod- 
ies, especially Grand Lodges, . . 34-65. 9. 

CHAP. III. 

Grand Lodge of Illinois: — its Organi- 
zation, Members, Meetings, and 

Rules, 66-87. 18. 

CHAP. IV. 

Grand Officers, especially of Illinois: 
their Power, Duties, and Privi- 
leges, 88-130. 26. 

CHAP. v. 

Standing Committees of Grand Lodge, 131-141. 35. 

CHAP. VI. 

Deputies of the Grand Master, . . . 143-164. 38. 

CHAP. VII. 

Charters and Institution, 165-177. 44. 

CHAP. VIII. 
General Laws affecting Subordinate 

Lodges, not otherwise classed, . . 178-213. 47. 

CHAP. IX. 

Lodge Officers: their Election, Ap- 
pointment, Resignation, and Re- 
moval, 214-247. 55. 



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CHAP. X. 

SECTIONS. PAGE. 

Officers of Lodges : their Powers, Du- 
ties, and Privileges, 248-288. 62. 

CHAP. XI. 

Installations, 289-307. 70. 

CHAP. XII. 

Past Officers and Past-Official Degrees, 308-318. 74. 

CHAP. XIII. 

Membership : including Qualifications, 
Course of Action on Propositions, 
Ballots, Initiations, and Admiss- 
ions 319-382. 77. 

CHAP. XIV. 

Dues and Fees : Revenue and Expend- 
itures, 383-428. 93. 

CHAP. XV. 

Benefits and Relief, 429-483. 101. 

CHAP. XVI. 

Passwords, 484-502. 113. 

CHAP. XVII. 

Cards, Visitors, Withdrawals, and Res- 
ignations, 503-555. 117. 

CHAP. XVIII. 

Degrees and Rank, 556-577. 129. 

CHAP. XIX. 

Rebekah Degree and Rebekah-Degree 

Lodges, 578-595. 135. 

CHAP. XX. 

Regalia, Jewels, Emblems, and Flag, . 586-621. 142. 

CHAP. XXI. 

Funerals, 622-628. 148. 

CHAP. XXII. 

Jurisdiction and Offenses, 629-655. 153. 

CHAP. XXIII. 

Charges and Trials, 656-711. 160. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. XV 

CHAP. XXIV. 

SECTIONS. PAGE. 

Penalties and Disabilities, 712-734. 177. 

CHAP. XXV. 

Non-Payment of Dues, and Disability 
therefrom: Dropping, and Rei'n- 
statement thereafter, 735-756. 182. 

CHAP. XXVI. 

Appeals and Reinstatements, . . . 757-787. 170. 

CHAP. XXVII. 

Meetings, Quorum, Business, Records, 

Voting, and Committees, . . . 788-829. 198. 
CHAP. XXVIIL 
Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of 

Order of Subordinate Lodges, . . 830-848. 206. 

CHAP. XXIX. 

Terms, Returns, and Reports, . . . 849-868. 211. 

CHAP. xxx. 
Journals and Supplies, 869-880. 215. 

CHAP. XXXI. 

Defunct Lodges, 881-893. 218. 

CHAP. XXXII. 

Miscellaneous, 894-923. 221. 

CHAP. XXXIII. 
The Encampment Branch of the Order, 

and Laws peculiar to it, . . . . 924-1091. 227. 
APPENDIX I. 

Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of Order of the 

Grand Lodge of Illinois, 265. 

APPENDIX II. 

Constitution of Subordinate Lodges in Illinois, 

and Rules of Order of Model Code, . . . 283. 

APPENDIX III. 

Acts of Incorporation of Grand and Subordinate 

Lodges and Encampments, 300. 

APPENDIX IV. 

Forms, Prescribed and Suggested, 304. 



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APPENDIX V. 

PAGE. 

Ceremonies for Dedication of Halls and for Lay- 
ing of Corner-Stones, 323. 

APPENDIX VI. 

Funeral Ode, 339. 

APPENDIX VII. 
Funeral Ceremony in German, 340. 

APPENDIX VHI. 

Information respecting the Grand Lodge of the 
United States and the Grand Bodies of Illi- 
nois, 343. 

APPENDIX IX- 

Reference Tables, 352. 

Index, 361. 



DIGEST 

OF THE 

LAWS OF THE I.O.O.F. 

FOR ILLINOIS. 



Chapter I. 

The Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the United States. 

\ 1. "The Grand Lodge of the United States of the 
Independent Order of Odd-Fellows" is the head and 
source of all legitimate Odd-Fellowship in the United 
States, and in Lodges and Encampments chartered by 
it in foreign countries. It alone has the power to ex- 
tend the Order in any country where it is not yet 
established. Const.-U.S. Art. I. 

12. All Grand Lodges of the I.O.O.F., other than 
the Grand Lodge of the United States, and all Grand 
Encampments, exist by virtue of its warrants. Only 
one Grand Lodge and one Grand Encampment is 
allowed in any State, District, or Territory. All these 
Grand Bodies are supreme for local legislation and 
appellate jurisdiction in their own territory, subject 
to the limitations of the constitution, by-laws and gen- 
eral laws of the G.L.TJ.S. ; which are the supreme 
laws of the Order. Const, U.S. I, XX ; U.S. 2860. 

[New York had two Grand Bodies of each name from 1849 till 
1865, distinguished as Northern X. Y. and Southern X. Y. Sub- 
ordinate Lodges and Encampments not under any Grand Body 
are subordinate directly to the G.L.U.S.] 
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2 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 

2 3. The G.L.U.S. can not take away the charter 
of a Grand Body except for violation of laws of the <b 
L.U.S., and then only by a majority of two-thirds; 
nor can the G.L.U.S. alter a charter without con- 
sent of Ihe G. Body holding it. 

Const. U.S. I; U.S. 1090. 

>/\. The constitutions, but not the by-laws, of all 
Grand Bodies, and all amendments made thereto, 
must be forwarded to the G.L.U.S. for examination; 
and they are not binding until approved by that body, 
even though the amendments are purely local or 
formal. Printed pamphlet copies of proceedii 
Grand Bodies, without seal or official signature, are 
not recognized as official papers by the G.L.U.S. A 
Grand Body submitting its constitution or amend- 
ments thereto must first send to the G. Cor. and Rec. 
Secretarya complete copy of the constitution with all 
amendments, certified and attested by the Grand Secre- 
tary or Scribe, under seal. The G.L.U.S. refused in 
1870 (Jour. 4840) to consider an amendment proposed 
but not yet adopted. [Compare, however, action on 
p. 1123.] The G.L.U.S. can strike from a constitution 
any provisions conflicting with its laws, even if pre- 
viously approved. The amended constitution should 
show, by marginal memoranda or otherwise, what 
parts of the instrument have not been already ap- 
proved. 

By-Laws U.S. TX; U.S. 1899, 1058,1289, 2923, 1712, 
4i (l'I). 4840, 1090, 2994. 

§ 5. The Constitution of a Grand Body, in whatever 
form it is framed, should be, in its provisions, as sim- 
ple, direct and comprehensive as possible, without un- 
necessary prolixity, and free from clauses and para- 
graphs imperfect or incomplete in themselves and 
which can not be understood without referring to oth- 
er and entirely distinct enactments of other bodies. 
Thus, a constitution may not have the form of a 
reenactment or digest of the laws of the G.I.. U.S. 

U.S. 3269. 

§6. The G.L.U.S. alone regulates the written and 
the unwritten Work of the Order: the written work 
can be changed only by the vote of four-fifths of its 



ILLIXOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 3 

members, and the unwritten work only by unani- 
mous vote. Control of the customs and usages per- 
taining to the work, and the providing of suitable lec- 
tures and other written work, is included in this 
power. Const. U.S. I. 

§7. All laws of general application to the Order 
come from the G.L.U.S. ; but all powers not vested in 
it bv its constitution are vested -in the constituent 
Grand Bodies. Const. U.S. I. 

§8. The laws of the G.L.U.S. are to be sought in 
several different quarters. 1. In its secret work, part 
of which is written and part is unwritten, the written 
work meaning its charge and degree books, etc. 2. 
In its Journals, published yearly with pages in con- 
secutive numbering irrespective of volumes. The 
Journal of 1871 ends with p. 5270. 3. In its Consti- 
tution, By-Laws, and Rules of Order, which have been 
compiled mostly from the Journal. 4. In the first 
Digest of its laws, known as the Griffin Digest, or Di- 
gest of 1847: this differs from all other Digests of its 
laws in authority, because it was declared to be itself 
law and was thus made law by action recorded in the 
Journal of 1847, p. 1094. All later Digests are inferior 
in authority to tbe Journals. 5. In usage, which is to 
some extent recognized as a source of law. 

g 9. Tbe Grand Lodge of the United States will not 
entertain inquiries as to the laws and usages of the 
Order unless they be connected with a case of appeal 
or be submitted by a Grand Bod v. 

By-Laws U.S. XXIX. 

§10. The G.L.L.S. is composed, only of its officers 
and of representatives, called Grand Bepresentatives, 
elected by the Grand Bodies. Past Grand Sires are 
admitted to seats with the privilege of moving and 
debating, but not of voting unless they are Grand 
Representatives. Bepresentatives from a majority of 
the whole number of constituent Grand Bodies are 
necessary to form a quorum ; but a less number may 
adjourn from day to day, and may receive and act 
upon credentials, except in case of contested elections. 
Const. U.S. II, X, XIII. 

£ 11. Every Grand Body has one Grand Represent- 



4 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 

ative: if it has over one thousand members in its 
subordinates, it has two G. Representatives. It pays 
to the G.L. U.S. an annual tax of seventy-live dollars 
for each G. Representative to which it is entitled, 
whether elected and in attendance or not. "When 
only one of two representatives is present, he casts 
two votes, except in elections. 

Const. U.S. IX, XIV; U.S. 2497, 565,1622; By- 
Laws U.S. XI; U.S. 3207, 3237. 

"The casting of two votes by one Representative began in 1891 
("first recorded instance, U.S. 172), when, under the Constitution 
of 1833, two rotes not two Heps.) were allowed to each Grand 
Lodge having more than 1000 members. But two Reps, were ad- 
mitted to cast the two votes i U.S. 156 i. The custom continued 
without positive law : hut it was recognized and settled in 1850,. 
by decisions on questions of order ( U.S. 1622 .] 

\ 12. A Grand Representative can represent but one 
Grand Body, and must reside in its territory. Grand 
Representatives are chosen by Grand Bodies for two 
years, and are divided into two classes, whoso - 
are vacated annually in rotation. A Grand Body 
may not choose an alternate Representative, but may 
provide how to fill actual vacancies. The term of a 
Grand Representative begins with the session of the 
G.L. U.S. next after his election or appointment. 

Const. U.S. IX: U.S. 1470, 1517. 

{$ 13. Grand Bodies may instruct their representa- 
tives in matters pertaining particularly to them ; but 
to instruct them in matters of interest to the entire 
Order is highly inexpedient. Grand Representatives 
may present to the G.L. U.S. the instructions that 
they have received; but in order to have the subject- 
matter referred to a committee, or acted upon by the 
Grand Lodge, the Representative must submit the 
same in the form of a resolution or amendment, as 
the nature of the subject may require. 

U.S. 125< 

\ 1-1. A Grand Representative must have a proper 
certificate (a duplicate copy of which must be sent, 
immediately upon his election, by the G.Secretary or 
G. Scribe to the Grand Secretary of the G.L.U.S. 
be furnished by his Grand Body with all necessary 
documents. He will receive in the G.L.U.S. the G. 



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E. Degree and all side-degrees, if not already acquired; 
but he gains thereby no rank or privilege of member- 
ship or visiting in a G.E. He is not entitled to wear 
the regalia of a G.E. until his credentials have been 
submitted and approved, nor until then is he to be 
regarded as a member of the G.L.U.S. In case of 
contested election, the G.L.U.S., and not the electing 
or appointing power, is judge of the right to a seat; 
and in such case mileage and per diem is not allowed 
to the unsuccessful claimant. 

Const, U.S. IX, XIII; By-Laws U.S. XVIII; U.S. 
2811, 491, 1118, 2781, 1829, 2892, 2166. 

§ 15. A member of the G.L.U.S. is properly ad- 
dressed or referred to in the debates or proceedings 
by the term Representative, not by the term gentleman. 
The title or rank of a brother is, in designation of the 
name and rank together, to be put after the name, not 
before it. [Example in U.S. 4848, "Brother Nichol- 
son, P. G. Sire"; former style, U.S. 4372, "P.G.Sire 
Veitch".] U.S. 2517, 4372, 

g 16. An officer of the G.L.U.S., or a Representative 
thereto, or an officer of a state Grand Body, taking a 
withdrawal card does not vacate his office thereby, if 
the same be immediately deposited in his state Grand 
Body accompanying an application for a new charter, 
■or if, on occasion of change of residence, the card be 
within one month deposited in a subordinate at his 
new residence; provided that, while holding such 
withdrawal card, and until such new Lodge or En- 
campment be instituted, such person can discharge 
no official act, And in case of the extinction of a 
Subordinate Encampment or Lodge in which an of- 
ficer or member of the Grand Lodge of the United 
States holds membership, the seat of such officer or 
representative is not vacated thereby, provided that 
within one month after such extinction he connects 
himself with some other Subordinate Encampment or 
Lodge. U.S. 2799, 2811, 3000. 

[The rule was otherwise prior to the enactment of these rules 
in 1857 and 1*5*. See the Eounseville case in 1855, U.6: 24o:;, 2182, 
and III. 1855, 19.] 

1 17. A duly elected and commissioned G.Repre- 



6 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 

sentative who fails to take his seat in the G.L.U.S. at 

the first session of his term does not forfeit his office 
and his seat at the next session, unless he be arraigned 
and removed for neglect of duty under the laws of 
his own Grand Body, which may so deal with him. 
On the other hand, presence in the sessions of the G. 
L.U.S. on duty is a sufficient excuse for absence from 
duty in the State Grand Body, and releases him from 
disqualification therefor. U.S. 1992, 2109, B20. 

I 18. It is the duty of a Grand Representative, upon 
his return from the session of the G.L.U.S., to give 
to his G.Body correct instruction in the Work of the 
Order. A Grand Body may declare vacant the office 
of any Grand Representative who does not return to 
his jurisdiction by the first day of January following 
a session of the G.L.U.S. which he has attended, un- 
less lie is prevented by accident or sickness, of which 
his Grand Body shall judge. 

U.S. 1295. 3068. See §119 below. 

?19. The officers of the G.L.U.S. are M.W.G.Sire, 
R.W. Deputy G. Sire, R.W. G. Corresponding and Re- 
cording Secretary, and R.W. G. Treasurer, elected: 
and R.W. G. Chaplain. R.W. G.Marshal, R.W. <;. Guard- 
ian, and R.W.G. Messenger, nominated by the G. Sire 
and approved by the G.L.U.S. Officers are chosen in. 
the even-numbered years (1870, 1872, etc.), insta led 
at the close of the same session, and hold office for 
two years. Elective officers have the privilege of 
moving and debating, but not, as officers, of voting r 
appointive officers have these privileges only by vote 
Of the G.L.U.S. Officers must have the G.L. andG.E, 
Degrees, as well as the qualifications of Representa- 
tives. A Representative must be, at the time of 
election and through his term, a P.G. in good standing 
and a R.P.D. member of an Encampment in good 
standing. 

Const. U.S. Ill, IX, XV; U.S. 2765, 2892. 

§20. The M.W. Grand Sire is the presiding officer 
of the G.L.U.S. and has general superintendence of 
the interests of the Order during recess. lie can de- 
cide appeals submitted to him, or questions of the 
laws of the G.L.U.S. presented to him by a Grand 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS 7 DIGEST. 7 

Master, Grand Patriarch, or Grand Representative; 
and his decisions on such questions are binding on 
the parties until reversed by the G.L.U.S. While 
Grand Sire he can hold no other office. 

Const. U.S. IV. 

[This officer was originally called Grand Master. The name 
Grand Sire was assumed in 1826, without recorded legislation, 
and confirmed by the U.S. Cons', of 1829 ( U.S. loOj, but was prob- 
ably adopted at the session of Sept. 1825, and omitted from rec- 
ord*.— U..V. 7». 

Comparing this section with # 97 below, it is seen that the de- 
cisions of a G. Sire not confirmed by the G.L.U.S. are not made 
law except to the parties to whom given : while those of a G. 
Master (and G. Patriarch by similarity of position; are valid un- 
til reversed.] 

£ 21. The duties of the other officers of the G.L.U.S. 
are such as may be inferred from their titles, except 
that the Gr. Messenger is the assistant of the Gr. Sec- 
retary. 

Const. U.S. IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII; U.S. 600, 
1092. 

[The office of G. Sec'y was originally G. Sec'y simply: in 1839 
(U.S 328 >, a G. Cor. Sec'y was created, and James L. Ridgely 
elected: in 1841, the two offices were united by the election of 
Eidgely as G. Rf-c. Sec'y. First G. Chaplain and First G. Mar- 
shal, in 1833. < U.S. 199). First G. Messenger, in 1837 (U.S. 246); 
John E. Chamberlain was then appointed, and has held the 
office ever since.] 

g 22. The seal of the G.L.U.S. is in the official keep- 
ing of the G.C. and R. Secretary, and can be affixed 
only to documents and papers issuing regularly from 
his office. Hence an application for leave to use it, 
on payment of royalty, on a diploma got up by pri- 
vate enterprise was refused. U.S. 4395. 

§ 23. The G.C. and R. Sec'y is to have the flag [of 
the Order] belonging to the G.L.U.S. present and con- 
spicuously displayed on all occasions during regular 
or special' sessions of that body. U.S. 4688. 

§24. The Grand Sire is vested with both judicial 
and executive functions, to see to the enforcement of 
the laws, and some times judicially to expound them ; 
hut he has no authority to suspend, by dispensation 
or otherwise, the operation of a valid law, either of 
the G.L.U.S. or of a Grand Body under it. Even a 
decision of the G. Sire approved by the G.L.U.S. can 
not supersede or set aside a by-law of the G.L.U.S. 
U.S. 3182, 4598-9, 4841, 4842: special application 
to allowing aprons as regalia, 4467. 



8 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 

\ 25. No Lodge or Encampment, subordinate to any 
State, District or Territorial Grand Lodge or Encamp- 
ment, has a right to present questions of law directly 
to the M.W. Grand Sire for his decision. All such 
questions must go through the channel provided by 
the local law. U.S. 5194. 

^ 20. Whenever the G. Sire thinks it necessary for 
the advancement and welfare of the Order in any 
portion of the jurisdiction that an official visit shall 
be made, he is authorized to make such visitation, in 
person or by deputy, at the expense of the G.L.U.S. ; 
but if he is called upon by a jurisdiction to make 
such visit, it shall bear the expense. U.S. 5164. 

',. 27. The Grand Sire has no power to authorize sub- 
ordinates under State Grand Bodies -to apply to sister 
Lodges outside the jurisdiction for pecuniary aid for 
building Odd-Fellows' halls. U.S. 4107. 

g28. The G.L.U.S. meets annually on the third 
Monday of September, at place determined from time 
to time. [Generally at Baltimore, where the office of 
the R.W. Grand Corresponding and Recording Secre- 
tary is.] It maj" hold special meetings on three 
months' notice from the G. Sire to the Gr. Represent- 
atives, and can then transact only the business named 
in the call. Const. U.S. XII. 

i/ 20. By custom, visitors are admitted to the 
ions of the G.L.U.S., when vouched for and intro- 
duced to the G. Guardian by a Representative from 
the jurisdiction to which the visitor belongs; but the 
Representative can not vouch for him unless he is a 
Past Grand having the G.L. Degree and the Loyal- 
Purple Degree, and in good standing in his Lodge and 
Encampment. But secret sessions admit none hut 
the actual members of the G.L.U.S. 

U.S. 101, 135, 727. 4993. 

[A resolution authorizing the admission of visitors is generally 
adopted soon after the opening of the G.L.U.S., and is one of 
what are called "Standing (i.e. customarv; It. •solutions. " r>. 
4iu;:j, r,-27i>. The G.L.U.S. had a law on the subject in tin- Constitu- 
tion of 1S-J9 : "the members of the different Grand Lodges may 
be admitted." Since then the R.P.D. also is required, which 
was then given in G. Lodge.] 

§30. A journal of the proceedings of the c.L. U.S. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. \) 

is kept; and all proceedings, except those in secret 
session, are published annually. 

Const. U.S. XIII, 4. 

§ 31. The G.C. and E. Secretary records in the jour- 
nal of each session of the G.L.U.S. the names of all 
P. G. Representatives who are present at the session 
and report to him : and to each a copy of the revised 
journal of the session is mailed. U.S. 4861. 

§ 32. The revenue of the G.L.U.S. is from the sale 
of supplies; from dues from Grand Bodies, seventy- 
live dollars for each representative ; charter fees, thir- 
ty dollars each ; and ten per cent on the revenues of 
Lodges and Encampments directly subordinate. The 
fiscal year of the G.L.U.S. commences on the first day 
of January and terminates on the "thirty-first day of 
•December, and all Grand and Subordinate Lodges and 
Encampments are required to make their annual re- 
ports to correspond with the fiscal year. 

Const. U.S. XIV; By-Laws U.S. XXVI; U.S.5218. 

§33. The G.L.U.S. in 1849,- to meet a deficiency, 
laid an assessment upon its constituent Grand Bodies 
in proportion to the number of members in their sub- 
ordinates. Some influential Grand Bodies paid after 
delay and under protest ; but the assessment was en- 
forced; and claims for a refunding of it were refused. 
Nor has the G.L.U.S. yielded its power to make such 
or other assessment, though that assessment was not 
repeated in 1850. 

U.S. 1490, 1498, 1509-10; 1578; 1612-13, 1639-40 
1687, 1762-3, 2925. 



Chapter II 

General Laws respecting Grand Bodies, especially 
Grand Lodges. 

1 34. Each Grand Lodge consists of all the Past 
Grands in good standing within its jurisdiction; but 
by its constitution it may restrict its legislative power 
to such representative basis as it may deem best for 
the transaction of business. It may provide that 



10 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIG 

Past Grands who are not representatives may not vote 
in G.L. except upon the election of officers, and that 
they may not serve on committees or make motions. 
But it may not abridge the privileges of their rank 
(§308). 

U.S. Digest of 1847, p. 43; U.S. 1084, 1119, 1126, 
1289, 1321, 4857. 

$35. The' certificate given to a Pa-t Officer to gain 
membership in a Grand Body is merely prima-facie 
evidence of qualification. If the Grand Body finds 
the certificate incorrect in statement of facts (for ex- 
ample, as to service in office), the certificate may he 
set aside and the seat given thereon may he vacated. 
Where the fundamental law does not otherwise pro- 
vide, every representative body must judge the qual- 
ification of its members. U.S. 

\ 36. At least five Past Grands are ne< essary to 
stitute a Grand Lodge: without so many \\ be< 
defunct, and its charter is forfeited. U.S. 115. 

\ 37. Every member who has been elected N.G. and 
served one term as such is entitled to membership in 
the Grand Lodge of his state: and that body can Dot 
refuse him a seat because of neglect of his Lodj 
make due returns for his term, nor can it charge him 
any fee for admission and for the G.L. Degree. It 
must decide for itself upon the validity of Ids claim 
to membership (§35), and may reverse its decision 
and refuse 1dm a seat after admitting him. 

U.S. 1084, 1656; By-Laws U.S. XXII: U.S 

g38. The seat of a Grand Body is, until legally 
changed, at the place designated in it> charter. But 
Grand Bodies may, subject to their constitutions and 
by-laws, change their places of meeting at pleasure. 
When there are two halls in the same city in which a 
Grand Body has held sessions, it i- the duty of its 
presiding officer, in the absence of any legislation on 
the subject, to call the next meeting in that hall 
where it held the last session, unless there i- some 
cause for changing the place of meeting to the other 
hall. U.S. 3820, 1897, 2859. 

§39. Grand Bodies are bound to observe their owd 
constitutions, by-laws, and law-. This is a deduction 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 11 

from a large number of appeal eases (such being usu- 
ally settled in accordance with the local laws), and 
from direct statements. See in confirmation these 
especially: U.S. 3469, 2788, 3251-2, 3681-2, 3817-19, 
4591-4. 

\ 40. A revised constitution comes under the rule 
of amendments as to the vote necessary to adopt it, 
A resolution construing a constitutional provision by 
prescribing its mode of operation is in fact an amend- 
ment to the constitution : hence it must be dealt with 
as such in respect to being proposed, lying over a re- 
quired time, and being adopted by the prescribed 
majority. U.S. 2116, 2118, 2172. 

§ 41. When a G.L. constitution requires a two-thirds 
vote on a pending amendment, unless it expressly 
specifies it requires the vote of two-thirds of the 
Lodges of the jurisdiction, an affirmative vote of 
two-thirds of the members present is sufficient to 
adopt the amendment. U.S. 3092. 

# 42. All action under the provisions of an amend- 
ment of a constitution of a state Grand Body is null 
and void, if done before the amendment has been ap- 
proved by the G.L. U.S. The appointment of a com- 
mittee was held premature and invalid. U.S. 4146. 

£43. State Grand Lodges are directed to prohibit 
their subordinates from assembling in convention for 
any legislation, without consent of their Grand 
Lodges. A Grand Lodge may organize a convention 
to devise and report a constitution ; but such conven- 
tion is a mere committee to compile a document for 
the action of the Grand Lodge, which can not dele- 
gate its legislative powers. The convention can pass 
no law, nor do any binding act. It would be danger- 
ous to recognize any legislative power in such bodies. 
A convention of Past Grands as representatives from 
their Lodges and intended to redress some local griev- 
ance is illegal. U.S. 1786, 1109, 1076, 2215. 

\ 44. A Grand Body may make a uniform consti- 
tution for its subordinates, and enact laws for their 
government, being the legislative head of the Order 
in its jurisdiction. It may raise revenue for its legit- 
imate purposes by assessment on its subordinates,. 



12 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 

even if provision for revenue be not in its constitu- 
tion; and it alone can determine the necessary 
amount. It may omit recording such portion of its 
proceedings as, in its judgment, should not appear 
upon record. It may not prescribe constitution and 
laws to a volunteer relief committee or benevolent 
association connected with the Order, but not created 
by itself. U.S. 1235-6, 1786, 496, 3468, 1916, 3030. 

2 45. Grand Lodges work only in the G.L. Degree, 
which can be conferred only upon Past Grands, and 
only at the session of the G.L., either in the principal 
or some adjacent room by permission of the G.L. 
(§311.) ' U.S. 1090. 

[In 1848 see U.S. 1272:, the Constitution of the Grand Lodge of 
Illinois was approved, with a section VI, ■> providing for hav- 
ing Grand Installations in the Scarlet Degree. In 1852 a com- 
mittee of the Ct.L. U.S. reported against such a provision in the 
Constitution of the G.L. of Wisconsin ; but the constitution was 
approved without alteration.— -sv,e U..S. inns, iii.vj.; 

\ 40. Each Grand Body must enforce upon its sub- 
ordinates a strict adherence to the Work of the Order, 
according to the forms determined upon by the 
Grand Lodge of the United States: and it can not 
use, nor suffer to be used within its jurisdiction, any 
charges, lectures, degrees, forms of installation, cere- 
monies, or regalia, other than those prescribed by the 
Grand Lodge of the United States. | \ 573 enlarges 
and applies this.) By-Laws U.S. XX. 

^47. In 1847, the G.L. U.S. recommended to the 
state Grand Bodies that they appoint competent 
brothers to make annual visits to their subordinates 
for the purpose of instructing them in the work. 

U.S. L080-1. 

§48. The officers of a Grand Lodge are M.W. Grand 
Master, R.W. Deputy Grand Master, R.W. Grand Ward- 
en. R.W. Grand Secretary, R.W. Grand Treasure]-. W. 
Grand Marshal, R.W. Grand Representative. W. < .rand 
Conductor, W.Grand Guardian. Those designated 
'Most Worthy' and 'Right Worthy' are elective offi- 
cers, and the others are appointed by the Grand 
Master. It may create such other- as its convenience 
requires. A Grand Lodge may not require that can- 
didates for Grand Master shall he members of an En- 



ILLINOIS OED-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 13 

campment or have its degrees. It may provide laws 
by which P.Gs. can vote "for Grand Officers without 
being present in the Grand Lodge, but can not extend 
the suffrage to scarlet-degree members, or any not 
qualified for G.L. membership. It may allow to of- 
ficers whose term has been less than a year the hon- 
ors of office, when the shortened term arises from 
change of time of meeting by constitution ; but it 
may not allow honors for the period of three or four 
months, except to one filling a vacancy: the regular 
term of a Grand Officer (except Grand Representa- 
tive i is one vear. 

U.S. Die. of 1847, p. 46; Const. U.S. IX; U.S. 2214, 

1476. 2493, 1737, 1754, 2593. 1484, 1897, 1840. 

[The G.L. Illinois, under constitution approved by the G.L.TJ.S. 

in"ls4S U.S. 1272 ', fleeted all its ofri<-ei>, from lS4s to lstjn inclusive. 

Moore's Digest i. U.S. Dig. 0/1853. says that all may be elective if 

the local laws so provide ; but no such law was ever enacted.] 

§ 49. When an election is in progress, and the tell- 
ers have declared the result, the presiding officer 
must announce it ; and no motion can be entertained 
till it is announced. U.S. 3683. 

[This rule applies to subordinates ; it was laid down in case of 
an appeal from subordinate.] 

\ 50. A Grand Lodge judicially knows nothing of 
any degrees but those belonging to its jurisdiction, 
and can not require any of its members to be in pos- 
session of them. Thus it can not require the Royal- 
Purple Decree as a qualification for the office of Grand 
Master. U.S. 2479, 2487. 

§ 51. The title of a Grand Chaplain is not Right 
Reverend: no such title is recognized in the Order. 

U.S. 3481. 

§ 52. Past Grands can not vote by proxy. A Grand 
Lodge may provide in its constitution that, after the 
P.Gs. have voted for Grand Officers and there is no 
election, the election may be determined by votes of 
Representatives of subordinates only. 

U.S. 3134, 2975. 

I 53. Grand Bodies are advised, in order to protect 
the funds and property of the Order, to procure for 
themselves acts of incorporation. (Action of Illinois, 
see in §915.) U.S. 36651 



14 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS* DIJ5EST. 

\ 54. State Grand Bodies have power to assess their 
subordinates to raise revenue for deficiencies and for 
current expenses. The members of a <i.L. may not 
be taxed out of their private means; but the ratio of 
membership in the G.L. may form the basis of an 
Lssessment to be paid by the subordinates out of their 
funds. U.S. 2925. 

\ 55. A G.L. constitution containing a clause which 
gives to t^ie body the power to originate and regulate 
means for its support, the enumeration, in subse- 
quent clauses, of some modes of raising money does 
not exclude other methods, in the absence of ex- 
clusive language. U.S. 2925. 

\ 56. When the constitution of a Grand Lodge pro- 
vides for the payment of expenses of officers and rep- 
resentatives attending its session, it may not by reso- 
lution appropriate its funds for the payment of the 
Past Grands in attendance. ' U.S. 3682-3. 

^ 57. A Grand Lodge appropriated money for the 
Washington National Monument, an object outside 
the purposes of the Order. As its constitution had 
no restriction upon such use of it-; fund:-, the action 
was not disapproved. U.S. L723. 

'> 58. Grand Bodies whose jurisdictions are contigu- 
ous or adjacent are empowered to pass laws permit- 
ting subordinates in other jurisdictions to initiate or 
admit to membership person- whose residence, though 
not in its jurisdiction, is nearest to the location of 
such Lodge or Encampment. U.S. -'its.}. 

£ 59. A Grand Lodge may. when its own laws do not 
forbid such proceeding (ij 39), deprive a Lodge of its 
charter without previous notice or opportunity for 
vindication; but it is an act of injustice, and contrary 
to the spirit and usage of the Order. In all cases of 
this sort brought by appeal before the G.L. U.S., the 
action of the Grand Lodge has been set aside, includ- 
ing a case in which a Degree Lodge was thus quenched. 
U.S. 812. 1245, 1255 

§60. A Grand Lodge has power to expel a member 
from its own body, but it has no power to expel a 
member altogether from the Order, though it may 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 15 

■order a subordinate to try a member, which order the 
subordinate must obey. 17. S. 1089. 

\ 61. Annual Returns must be made by each Grand 
Body to the Grand C. and R. Secretary on or before 
the first day of April, to correspond with the fiscal 
year of the G.L.U.S. (g 32), and they must be accom- 
panied with the dues to the G.L. U.S. in money cur- 
rent at Baltimore. These returns must be according 
to a form prescribed and furnished by the G.L. U.S., 
and must give the names of Grand Officers, number 
of subordinates, with their statistics of membership, 
increase, decrease, revenue, and relief. And when a 
Grand Body is in arrears in account with the G.L. U.S. 
at its session, its representatives are not admitted to 
a seat in that body or to vote. The Grand Secretary 
is required to furnish for the Committee on Creden- 
tials a statement of Grand Bodies in arrears, to secure 
enforcement of this law. 

Bv-LawsU.S.X, XI,asamendedinl871; U.S. 1613, 
2530, 2707. 

$ 62. Grand Secretaries and G. Scribes must send with 
their Annual Returns to the G.L. U.S. the names and 
post-office addresses of their respective G. Masters and 
G. Patriarchs, and of themselves, and also the times 
and places of meeting of their Grand Bodies : these are 
regularlv appended to the Journals of the G.L. U.S. 
(Law of 1857.) U.S. 2734. 

§ 63. Each Grand Body must have a Grand Seal, a 
wax-impression of which must be sent to the Grand 
C. and R. Secretary of the G.L.U.S. and deposited in 
the archives of that body. Bj^-Laws U.S. VIII. 

| 64. Each Grand Body is entitled to receive as many 
printed copies of the annual proceedings of the Grand 
Lodge of the United States as it has in number sub- 
ordinates working under its jurisdiction, for its own 
use, and an equal number to be distributed among 
its subordinates. By-Laws U.S. XVIII. 

$ 65. The following matters are specifically referred 
to 'local legislation', meaning generally the legisla- 
tion of Grand Bodies. (All references are to the 
Journal of the G.L.U.S.) 

Clause 1. The holding of office in a subordinate by 



16 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIG EST. 

a Grand Master (2858); the mode of reaching a G.H. 

to obtain a decision, whirl] is generally, however on 
an appeal from a D.D.G.M. CUM); the place of a G. 
Representative in a profession (2215); whether a sub- 
ordinate may be suspended by a Grand ' [Master or 
Grand] Patriarch during recess (2700) [this overruled 
by 8415, I 101] ; how the A.T.P.W. shall be eommni- 
catedto the G.M. [or G.P.] or G.S. (3621); the grant 
of the privilege of voting to Grand Officers I 241 7 

2. Payment of officers in a subordinate (3117); the 
reelection of officers of subordinates (4182) ; and the 
displacement of officers for non-attendance (5] - 

3. The passage of laws permitting subordinates 
in other jurisdictions to admit to membership per- 
sons residing in the jurisdiction of the enacting 
Grand Body, but nearest to such subordinates 

the prohibition of the admission of a person living 
nearer some other subordinate than that to which he 
applies (lW'j; the number of times a candidate may 
be proposed after rejection on application for initia- 
tion or admission by card (2560); the length of time 
that must pass before a new proposition (2214); 
whether application may be withdrawn before report 
of committee thereon (1,43c the ceremony of intro- 
duction on deposit of card (2146); whether member- 
ship in ease of admission by card begins at election 
or at introduction and signing the constitution (21 16); 
the admission to membership of non-affiliated Odd- 
Fellows of ten or more years" standing, over fifty 
years of age (4884); the admission of holders of unex- 
pired cards who are over fifty (4375); the admission, 
as non-beneficial members, of brothers of advanced 
age who were members in good standing of defunct 
subordinates, Lodges or Encampments Ciiiiin : and 
the rules for the admission of bolder- of disn 
certificates I \ 744 >, subject to Bv-Laws U.S. X I V I "4 32 . 
4. The subject of dues generally (1896); whether 
higher dues may be charged to a member going out 
of the state in which his subordinate is than to oth- 
ers (1896); whether a sliding scale of fees and dues- 
may be adopted (1896 : by what vote a subordinate 
may invest its funds (2831); the adoption of mini- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 17 

mum rates of dues (1724, 1797); fees for initiation and 
deposit of card (665, 1248, 1450-1); admission of mem- 
bers free of charge (665, 1248); whether fines are dne& 
and by remaining unpaid deprive of benefits (3689); 
whether a member's account must be paid fully to 
the end of a preceding term to enable 1 im to receive 
the P.W. of a current term; and whether a brother 
thus in arrears can sit in his Lodge without P.W. be- 
fore suspension (2467, 2483) [but see on this \ 486] ;, 
and payment of fees for cards (2482). 

5. The subject of Benefits: the adoption of mini- 
mum rates, of benefits (1724, 1797); the payment of 
different benefits to members of different grades 
(2562) ; the care of sick strangers (4391) ; the establish- 
ment of asylums for orphans and valetudinary mem- 
bers (4888); the time when members depositing cards 
shall be entitled to benefits (1451); whether a subor- 
dinate can continue to^work on ceasing to pay bene- 
fits because unable to do so (2770, 2831); the way and 
manner of relief expenditures (4675). 

6. The use of a Q.P.AV. in place of S.A.P.W. (1518); 
whether applications for cards shall be in writing- 
(3030); the prices of degrees (811); the time, place 
and manner of conferring degrees, so far as not set- 
tled by general laws (1268, 1297); period of member- 
ship before receiving degrees (1268, 1297); time of 
probation after refusal of degrees (1449); by whom 
and how P.O. Degrees may be conferred (1091); evi- 
dence of past office to entitle to degrees (1546); also 
the nature of the evidence upon which the G.L. or.. 
P.O. Degrees shall be given (1248); the adoption of 
the Rebekah Degree (5191); the establishment of De- 
gree and Rebekah-Degree Lodges (951, 4383). 

7. What regalia may be worn at funerals (2483); 
the fining of brothers who do not attend funerals 
(1934); also, the propriety of extending funeral hon- 
ors to brothers in arrears but not under charges at 
time of death (2790, 2818). 

8. The annullment of withdrawal cards, so far as not 
settled by general laws (2145); whether a G.M. may 
reinstate an expelled person in recess of the G.L. 
(4467); the specific majority to be required in vote on 

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18 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 

reinstatement (5170): the matter of reinstatement of 
members suspended for N.P.P. (2736, 4848, see \ 744); 
the terms and evidence upon which a brother sus- 
pended for X. P. D. by a subordinate which has itself 
afterward surrendered its charter can be readmitted 
to membership (3350, 3471); the preparation of a cer- 
tificate for members of defunct .Lodges (3621, j 
and the opening of a Lodge without N.G., V.G. or 
P.G. present, except as the charge-books regulate it 
(1400, 1450). 

0. The time when the semi-annual terms of subor- 
dinates shall begin and end. whether with January 
and July or with April and October (3489). 



Chapter III. 

The Grand Lodge of Illinois— its Organization, Mem- 
bers, Meetings, Rules, etc. 

§66. "The Grand Lodge of the Independent Order 
of Odd-Fellows of the State of Illinois'' was organized 
at Alton, August 28. 1838, by P.G. Sire Thomas Wilder. 
It is the nead of the Order in its jurisdiction, with 
all the powers given by its charter and the general 
laws of the Grand Lodge of the United States, and is 
governed by its constitution and by-laws. Jt alone 
can grant charters, or take them away: by its author- 
ity warrants for new Lodges are granted, appeals are 
decided, grievances redressed, and controversies de- 
cided. 

111. Jour. Vol. I, p. 3; Const. 111. I and II; and all 
of Chapter II above, for general laws. 

§67. The Grand Lodge of Illinois consists of the 
31 AV. Past Grand Masters and the Past Grands of 
every Lodge in the jurisdiction who are in good stand- 
ing and receive the Grand-Lodge Degree. A Past 
■Grand from another state joining a Lodge in this state 
may be admitted upon presenting certificate of his 
rank from his former Grand Lodge ; and lie is entitled 
to such P.O. degrees as Ins certificate warrants. The 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 19 

annual and senii-annual reports of subordinates are 
accepted in behalf of Past Grands therein named as 
sufficient prima-facie evidence of good standing and 
right to membership. 

Const, 111. Ill, 1 and 3 ; 111. I, 271 ; III, 91 ; IV, 376, 
406 ; V, 59. 
§ 68. The Grand Lodge is also a representative body, 
consisting of representatives from the subordinates. 
Each Lodge is entitled to one and only one represent- 
ative, who may cast the vote of his Lodge, viz., one 
vote for less t'h n seventy-five members ; two votes 
for seventy-five or more; three votes for one hundred 
And fifty, and so on. A representative can represent 
only the Lodge of which he is a member, and. must 
be a Past Grand in good standing, and under no 
charge. The last report made by a Lodge to the 
Grand Lodge determines the number of votes to which 
it is entitled. 

Const. 111. Ill, 2; 111. I, 139, 254, 271, 295; III, 195; 

Jour. 1854, 69. 

LPriorto the session of 1848, the G.L. Illinois al'owed a Lodge 

to choose a representative who was not a member of itself; but 

in that year, under the Constitution of 1847, proxy representation 

was declared abolished.— III. I, 114, 115, 139.] 

$ 69. The retiring Noble Grand is eligible as Repre- 
sentative to the Grand Lodge, even though he is sit- 
ting X.fi. at the time of his election {see §37 above). 
A Representative has no right to appoint a proxy to" 
represent his Lodge. 111. V, 15; IX, 40. 

\ 70. Lodges are divided into two classes, the one 
consisting of Lodges have an even number, and the 
other of Lodges having an uneven number. Those 
having an even number choose representatives in the 
even-numbered years (as 1864, 1866, etc.), and those 
having an odd number in the odd-numbered years 
(as 1865, 1867, etc). Thus the term of a representa- 
tive when not chosen to fill a vacancy is two years; 
and he is entitled in course to his seat in the Grand 
Lodge the second year without a certificate of good 
standing. 

By-Laws 111. II, 9 and 10; 111. 1856, 105-6; I, 295. 

[The first division was ordered by law in 1850, and was made in 
1851: see Journal, Vol. I, 218, 221 , 248, 256. After the alterations 



20 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

of the Constitution in 1855, a new classification was necessary, 
and was made in 1856, resulting as above said: see Jour. 18-56, pp. 
102, 105-6.] 

1 71. Representatives are chosen at the regular elec- 
tion of officers by subordinates in June, by ballot, and 
in the same manner as officers. When a vacancy in 
representation occurs, the Lodge may fill it by elec- 
tion, at the next regular meeting after a resolution to 
elect a representative has been adopted: provided, 
however, that when such delay of one week will not 
allow sufficient time for a representative to prepare 
to attend the ensuing session of the Grand Lodge and 
travel thereto, the Lodge may fill the vacancy with- 
out delay. By-Laws 111. II, 9. 

[The credentials of a representative chosen to fill a vacancy 
should set forth that fact : otherwise it will not be presumed that 
he was so elected. (See case of rejection of credentials thus in- 
formal, in 1870. —III. IV, 408.] 

\ 72. The certificate of a representative must be of 
this form : 

Lodge, No. — , I.O.O.F. 

To the Right Worthy Grand Lodge I.O.O.F. of the State of Illinois: 

Tbis is to ceriif'y that Past Grand lias been duly elected 

representative of this Lodge in your Right Worthy Body for two 
years. 
[l.s.] In testimony whereof, we hereto affix our hands and 

the seal of our Lodge, this day of , 18—. 

, N.O. 

Attest : , Secretary. 

Immediately after the election of a representative, 
this certificate must be made out in duplicate: one 
copy must be forwarded at once by mail to the Grand 
Secretary; the other copy shall be delivered to the 
representative. Printed blanks are to be used, fur- 
nished by the Grand Secretary. When a brother has 
been elected representative, the certificate may be 
signed at any time and place. 

By-Laws 111. II, 8, 9; 111. 1856, 52; III, 158. 

i/ 73. The Grand Lodge has power to punish by rep- 
rimand, fine, suspension, or expulsion, any of its 
members who shall offend against its laws, or be 
guilty of conduct in derogation of the character of 
the Order. (§£ 60, 95.) Const. 111. Ill, 4. 

2 74. The officers and representatives are allowed 
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ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 21 

the latter is computed by the distance necessarily 
traveled by the nearest traveled route, but not for a 
greater distance than the member has actually trav- 
eled in coming to the Grand Lodge, nor for a greater 
distance than that of the location of his Lodge from 
the Grand Lodge, unless by special order of the Grand 
Lodge. The rates of mileage and per diem are de- 
termined bv resolution at each session. 

Const. III. Y, 9; 111. Ill, 523; Y, 39. 

[Extra distance allowed. III. I, 306, 267. The G.L.U.S., in 1862, 
considered the Constitution as contem plating the payment of 
M. and P.D. oy providing for a committee on that matter, with- 
out further general or standing law.— U.S. 346S.] 

§ 75. No one has a right to mileage and per diem as 
representative unless he wjs elected such by his own 
Lodge. (See \ 68.) The representative of a Lodge in 
arrears on account with the Grand Lodge is not enti- 
tled to the privileges of the body, nor to mileage and per 
diem so long as the arrearage continues. Also, repre- 
sentatives are not entitled to mileage unless they at- 
tend during the first two days of the session, except 
in cases of sickness or of detention by unavoidable 
circumstances, the statement of which is, in the opin- 
ion of the Committee on Mileage and Per Diem, a 
satisfactory excuse; and members leaving before the 
close of the session are not entitled to mileage unless 
similarly excused. It is considered disrespectful, and 
•a contempt, for any member of the Grand Lodge to 
leave the session without leave of absence first ob- 
tained. 111. IY, 200, 244; III, 120; Y, 39; I, 141. 

§ 76. The Grand Lodge holds one regular session, 
styled 'the annual session', on the second Tuesday of 
October of each year. Special sessions may be called 
by the Grand Master. The place of meeting is de- 
termined by the Grand Lodge from time to time; but 
the Grand Master names the place for session called 
by him. On the first day of the session, the Grand 
Lodge convenes at 10 o'clock, and adjourns at pleas- 
ure. Twenty representative members are necessary 
to make a quorum at all meetings. At special sess- 
ions only the business named in the call can be 
transacted, and the conferring of degrees. The meet- 



22 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS DIGEST. 

ings shall be opened with prayer by the Worthy 
Grand Chaplain. Const. 111! VI; By-Laws 111. I. 

[Since Nov. 6th, 1*4-5 (up to which time the Grand Lodge prac- 
tically consisted of the Past Grands in and near Springfield >, 
there has been but one culled session of the Grand Lodge of 
Illinois: that one was summoned by Grand Master Thos B. 
Needles, an 1 mr-t in Chicago, Sept. 18 and lit, 1871, to prepare- 
for and receive the Grand Lodge of the United states at its sess- 
ion of that year.— See Journal III. Vol. V, pp. 1-7. 

\ 77. The business of the Grand Lodge is transacted 
in the Grand-Lodge Degree only (see \ 45), except that 
for installation of officers it may open in the Scarlet 
Degree and admit brothers of that degree during that 
ceremony. i !onst. 111. VI, 5. 

2 78. No question of law or usage will be received 
and answe;ed by the Grand Lodge, unless the same 
shall come from a Subordinate Lodge, under the' seal 
of the Lodge, and properly attested. 111. 1853, 72. 

^79. Any amendment to the Constitution of the 
Grand Lodge must be proposed at an annual session, 
in writing, and must lie entered upon the Journal; at 
the next annual meeting it may be acted upon: a 
majority of two-thirds of the representatives present is 
necessary for its adoption, each representative casting 
the vote of his Lodge. The Constitution of Subor- 
dinates may be amended at any annual session of the 
Grand Lodge; and amendments need not be proposed 
one vear in advance of adoption. 

Const. 111. VIII; Const. Sub. L. IX, 2; 111. Ill, 248. 

\ so. All questions in the Grand Lodge are decided 
by majority of members present, unless the vote by 
Lodges be called for by at least two Lodges. The 
yeas and nays are to be recorded on all votes by 
Lodges, and on the demand of any five members pres- 
ent." When the vote by Lodges is taken, the Grand 
Secretary calls the roll of Lodges, beginning with the 
lowest number. The representative of any Lodge 
casts the vote of his Lodge. 

Const. III. VI, 6; 111. I, 117-18; Const, 111. Ill, 2. 

2 81. The Grand Lodge is governed in transaction of 
business by its own 'Rules of Order' and by the 
general parliamentary law. Its Rules of Order are 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 2$ 

chiefly selections from the general practice, for which 
Ousliing's Manual is recognized authority (£ 846). 

The following is the Order of Business in Grand- 
Lodge session, after the presence of a quorum, is as- 
certained. 

1. Ti:e Grand Master directs members to put on re- 
galia and take their places, and calls up. 2. Prayer" 
by Grand Chaplain. 3. Grand Marshal proclaims 
opening of Grand Lodge. 4. Minutes of last session 
read, and if there is no objection, approved without 
vote. 5. Committee on Credentials reports. 6. New 
members admitted and instructed. 7. Petitions read 
and referred. 8. Communications. 9. Accounts. 10. 
Appeals. 11. Reports of Standing Committees, in or- 
der. {See Chapter V, % 131). 12. Reports of Special 
Committees by seniority. 13. Unfinished business, 
by priority. 14. New business. 

The reports on credentials are privileged to take 
priority of all other business; the reports of other 
committees lie on the table till unfinished business is 
called. The order of business may be set aside by a 
two-thirds vote. No one may vote or speak unless in 
proper regalia, and in debate or business every officer 
and member is to be designated by his rank. None 
leave the room without consent of the Grand Master 
nor enter without consent of the Grand Warden. 

Rules of Order G.L. 111. I, II; 111. IV, 143. 

g 82. Members are required to be seated during the 
meeting, in silence, none speaking to another, inter- 
rupting business, or refusing to obey the Chair. A 
member speaking or offering a motion stands and 
addresses the Chair, avoiding personality and inde- 
corum. If two or more rise at once to speak, the 
Chair decides which shall have the floor. No one 
may disturb a speaker except to call him to order: 
then, if the Chair direct, the speaker shall sit until 
the point of order is settled, when, if permitted, he 
may go on. A member may speak but once on a 
question until all others have had opportunity ; and 
but twice with permission of the Chair: only once 
on an appealed point of order (§ 83). When a com- 
munication or petition is presented, its purport is 



24 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

briefly stated by tbe introducer or the Chair before 
reading: after the reading, a brief notice is entered on 
the journal Rules of Order G.L. 111. II, IV, V. 

& 83. Of the duties of the Chair during a meeting the 
rules provide thus: the Grand Master, while presiding, 
shall state every question coming before the Grand 
Lodge, and immediately before putting it to vote 
shall ask: " Is the Grand Lodge ready for the question /" 
Should no member rise to speak, and a majority in- 
dicate their readiness, he shall rise to take the ques- 
tion; and after he has risen no member shall be per- 
mitted to speak upon it. He shall pronounce the 
votes and decisions of the Grand Lodge on all sub- 
jects. His decisions on questions of order shall be 
without debate, unless, entertaining doubts on the 
point, he invite it; and he shall have the privilege of 
speaking only on such questions from the chair. 
When his decision has been appealed from, the ques- 
tion shall be put thus: " Will the Grand Lodge stand 
by the Chair in its decision?" 

Rules of Order G.L. 111. III. 

$ 84. On questions and votes the Rules of Order 
provide as follows: 2. No motion shall be subject to 
action until stated by the (hair, and at the desire of 
any member reduced to writing [as amended, 111. IV, 
410]. 3. When a blank is to be filled, the question 
shall be taken first upon the highest number, and the 
longest or latest time proposed. 4. Any member 
may call for a division of a question when the sense 
will admit of it. 5. When a question is before the 
Grand Lodge, no motion shall be received unless to 
adjourn, the previous question, to lay on the table, to post- 
pone indefinitely, to postpone to a certain time, to 
refer, or to amend, and shall have precedence in 
the order herein arranged; the first three of which 
shall be decided without debate. [By Gushing' a 
Manual, the motion to lay on the table should 
take precedence of the previous question.] G. After 
-any question, except one of indefinite postponement, 
has been decided, any two members who voted in the 
majority may, at the same or next succeeding meet- 
ing, move for a reconsideration thereof. 7. The pre- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 25 

vious question can be called for by two members, if 
seconded by a majority, and shall be put in this form : 
" Shall the main question be now put?" If carried, the 
question shall first be taken upon pending amend- 
ments, and then upon the main question. 

Rules of Order G.L. 111. V, 2-7. 
I 85. (1) Every report of a committee of the Grand 
Lodge must be addressed to it by its appropriate style 
and title (allowing omission of T.O.O.F.'), and signed 
by all concurring members of the committee; and 
the names of all signers must appear in the printed 
Journal. 

(2) A minority report can not be received or enter- 
tained until the majority report shall have been pre- 
sented and accepted. 

(3) A committee's report may not be considered at 
the same 'meeting' of the session at which it is pre- 
sented, unless considered at once by general consent, 
or by a suspension of the rules by a two-thirds vote 
as in Rule of Order I, 3, £ 81 above. 

Rules of Order 111. VI, adopted 1870, —111. IV, 410, 
464. 

$ 86. The Rules of Order of the Grand Lodge can be 
amended or rescinded only after the proposition for 
the change has been offered at least one day. 

R.O. 111. VII, adopted 1870, — 111. IV, 410, 464. 

$ 87. Case and Decision. — In 1863, on Oct. 13th, p.m., 
a resolution was postponed to a definite time, Jan. 
1st, 1864. The Grand Lodge assembled again Oct. 
14th, a.m., and again the same day at 2 p.m. Then a 
motion to reconsider the postponement was made by 
the mover of it. The point of order was raised that 
the sitting of the Grand Lodge then was not the same 
nor the next succeeding meeting, and that the 
motion could not be entertained, being contrary to 
Rule of Order V, 61 (in § 84 above). The point of or- 
der was overruled. 111. Ill, 449. 

[Excepting this, there is nothing to show what is meant in the 
Rules of Order by the term ' meeting ', and this implies that all 
assemblings of the G.L. 111. in any one day are a meeting, the sep- 
aration at noon being a recess only, and not an adjourning. The 
instances of use of the word in the rules and by-laws are cited in 
ii 82, 84, 85, and 120.] 



26 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' DIGEST. 



Chapter IV. 

Grand Officers, especially of Illinois — their Powers, 
Duties, and Privileges. 

g 88. The officers of the Grand Lodge of Illinois are 
M.W. Grand Master, R.W. Deputy Grand M 
R.W. Grand Warden, R.W. Grand Secretary, R.W. 

Grand Treasurer, and R.W. Grand Representative- to 
the G.L.U.8., elected by ballot at the annual session ; 
also, a W. Grand Chaplain, W. Grand Marshal, 
W. Grand Conductor, W. Grand Guardian, and 
W. Grand Herald, appointed at the annual session by 
the M.W. Grand Muster, and approved bv the Grand 
Lodge (§48). Const. 111. IV. 1. 

2 89. Any Past Grand in good standing in ;i Subor- 
dinate Lodge in Illinois, and in possession of the 
Grand-Lodge Degree, is eligible to any Grand Office 
except Grand Representative, which requires rcsi- 
idence in Illinois, membership in an Encampment, 
and the R.P.D. But no one can hold two elective 
offices. Candidates must be nominated ;it some time 
previous to election, and votes for persons not in 
nomination are not counted. Officers arc 1 chosen 
separately, by ballot, by majority of nil votes cast; 
and until one has a majority, the balloting contin- 
ues, and after each ballot the candidate having few- 
est votes is withdrawn from nomination. In case of 
a tie when there are but two candidates, the ballot is 
repeated: if there is still a tie, the election is made 
by lot. I onst, 111. IV. 15. Hi. 17. 

[In the absence of local law to require residence in the state, 
residence in Illinois is not a required qualification for office, ex- 
cept that of Grand Representative.— U.S. 3318.] 

2 90. The Grand Lodge may by its by-laws provide 
that Past Grands may in their Lodges vote for the 
elective Grand Officers, an election being thereafter 
had in the Grand Lodge when no one is chosen by the 
votes of a majority of the Past Grands. (No action 
has been had under this provision, adopted ii, I 

Const. 111. IV. 1: 111. IV, 43! 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 27 

§ 91. The Grand Officers may be installed at any 
time during the regular session, at pleasure of the 
Grand Lodge. The Grand Master or any Past Grand 
Master installs the Grand Master-elect, who installs 
the other officers, to serve until the next annual elec- 
tion and the installation of their successors. 

Const, 111. IV, 18. 

[The clause of this section of the Constitution of Illinois which 
allows the senior member present to install is illegal, and there- 
fore void. See the next section.] 

$ 92. As the obligations of an office can be adminis- 
tered only by those who have already taken them, only 
the Grand Master or a Past Grand Master can install : 
it may not be done by the senior member present. 

U.S. 1085. 

# 98. The holding of office in a Grand Lodge, 
whether as G. Master or G. Representative, or any 
other elective or appointive office, does not deprive a 
member of his right to vote in his subordinate; nor 
does it confer upon him any privilege of voting in 
the Grand Lodge beyond what he has by virtue of 
being a Past Grand, and what may be conferred by 
the constitution and by-laws of his Grand Lodge. 
The same is true of the rank of Past Grand Master 
and of the office of Grand Representative. Grand 
Officers are not entitled ex officio to vote (except as all 
other Past Grands have the right); but local legisla- 
tion can give the right. U.S. 1503, 2265, 2467. 

$ 94. By voluntarily withdrawing from the duties 
of an office an officer forfeits the honors thereof, and 
the successor who fills the unexpired term becomes 
entitled thereto. L T .S. 1245. 

# 95. A Grand Officer may be removed for unworthy 
conduct or official misconduct, upon trial, by a two- 
thirds vote of all members present; and during trial 
he can not officiate in the Grand Lodge. All vacan- 
cies occurring during recess are filled ad interim by the 
Grand Master; and if the office be elective, it is to be 
filled at the first regular session of the Grand Lodge 
in the usual way. All Grand Officers must perform 
any duties assigned bv the Grand Lodge. 

Const. 111. IV, 19, 20, 14. 

[In view of the principles and the rule appearing in §669, it is 



28 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

doubtful whether the clause, " and during trial he can not offi- 
ciate in the Grand Lodge" is lee;al : though the decision in f 669 
was made. with particular reference to the officers of subordin- 
ates, its terms are not limited to them.] 

\ 96. Grand Masters do not form an independent 
part of the governing power in their Grand Lodges. 
During recess, a G. Master is necessarily to sonic ex- 
tent the substitute or representative of The whole 
Grand Lodge; but during a session lie is only one of 
its constituent elements and the presider over its de- 
liberations, and responsible to it; and of all matters 
before it, the body, and not he, is, for the time, final 
judge. Hence, Grand Masters should not deny ap- 
peals from their own decisions, as, if unconstitutional 
action should result therefrom, the wrong can be 
remedied by appeal to the Grand Lodge of the United 
States. L.s. 1108. 

g 97. The M.W. Grand Master presides in the Grand 
Lodge. He enforces its laws;* appoints i>r<> tern. 
Grand Officers, and all committees not otherwise or- 
dered; gives the casting vote, when the Grand Lodge 
is equally divided, except in the election of officers; 
draws orders on the Grand Treasurer as voted by the 
Grand Lodge; confers all P.O. Degrees in person or 
by deputy ; communicates the Passwords ; has general 
superintendence of the Order during recess; decides 
appeals ; grants dispensations for opening new Lodges : 
and performs, at discretion, such acts as the Grand 
Lodge might perform, except that he may not exer- 
cise legislative powers. He reports his official acts to 
the Grand Lodge at the next session. His decisions 
are binding until reversed by the Grand Lodge. He 
may call special sessions, and must do so on request 
of twenty-five representatives. Const. 111. IV, 2. 

r Other duties and powers of the Grand Master are mentioned 
in the following chapters under the titles of subjects to which 
they relate.; 

$ 98. The Most Worthy Grand Master lias powers 
and duties prescribed in the charge-books of the Or- 
der, and performs such duties as are imposed upon 
him by his Grand Lodge. He has supervisory power 
over the Order, and must check the introduction of 
subjects foreign to the purposes of the Order. He 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 29 

has not power, by virtue of his office, to grant dispen- 
sations for opening Lodges, but it is competent for 
his Grand Lodge to confer such power upon him. 
He is required to enforce the law suppressing the 
publication of the work, cards, and diplomas, as di- 
rected by the G.L.U.S. If he or his Grand Lodge 
grant permission to a Lodge to apply for relief, he 
furnishes written authority according to the form in 
the appendix. He may visit subordinates, examine 
their books, and install their officers. 

U.S. Digest of 1847, 46, 47; U.S. 956, 860, 919. 

§ 99. The other elective officers of a Grand Lodge 
[other than Grand Master] and the appointive offi- 
cers have powers and duties as prescribed in the 
charge-books of the Order. U.S. Dig. of 1847, 47. 

# 100. The decisions of Grand Masters being valid 
until reversed (which is established law of the Order), 
if there is a tie vote in Grand Lodge on the question 
of approving a decision, it is not reversed and remains 
valid : a tie vote is simply no expression of opinion. 

U.S. 4363. 

§ 101. A Grand Master during recess may demand 
the charter of a Subordinate Lodge that violates and 
refuses to observe the laws of the G.L.U.S. A Grand 
Master or Grand Patriarch has entire supervision of 
his subordinates during vacation, and the right and 
duty to interfere on all violations of law; and in case 
of persistent disobedience, he has the right to suspend 
a subordinate from all rights and privileges had un- 
der its charter (g 102). " U.S. 2403,-3415. 

§ 102. The suspension of a Lodge by a Grand Master 
during recess is valid until the meeting of the Grand 
Body and its action on the case. The act of suspen- 
sion of a Lodge takes effect from the time that it is 
proclaimed ; and it should be proclaimed as soon as 
practicable. U.S. 3415, 1291. 

§ 103. A Grand Master may visit the subordinates 
in his jurisdiction at pleasure, and should install (or 
cause to be installed) their officers; he may examine 
their books and make extracts therefrom, or appoint 
another brother to make extracts ; but he has no right 



30 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

to require copies of their proceedings to be furnished 
him, that power being reserved to the Grand Lodge. 

L .8. 91U, 1281. 
? 101 A Grand Master when visiting a subordinate 
in his official capacity is entitled to the honors of the 
Order; but a Grand Master may visit m his individ- 
ual capacity as a member of the Order, and upon such 
visits he should not expect to be received with the 
honors. It is only when he announces himself as 
Grand Master that the visit becomes official. _ A 
Grand Master visiting as such in his jurisdiction 
should wear the regalia and jewel of his office. , 

U.S. 2562, 4, K>. 
£ 105. The official relations, of a Grand Master are 
with a Lodge itself in its capacity as a Lodge, and not 
with its officers: hence, he can not summarily remove 
an officer of a subordinate, nor can he take thechairoi 
a N G to prevent him from submitting an illegal mo- 
tion. If the officer persists in illegal action, the 
Grand Master should inform the Lodge that it must 
require its officers to conform to law. or it will be 
dealt with itself for insubordination. Nor has a 
Grand Master a ricdit to claim the chair of a N.G. ex- 
cept when visiting for installation ; nor can he call a 
meeting of a subordinate. 

U.S. 1839^10,3512,2403, 1085. 
1 106. A [Grand Master or] Grand Patriarch can not 
suspend the constitution of a subordinate: and any 
dispensation issued by him in conflict with such con- 
stitution is void. l •»• 4,;iM - 
£ 107. Communications from the Grand Master dur- 
ing vacation of the Grand Lodge containing decisions 
upon points of law and order arc valid and authori- 
tative, even if not attested by the Grand-Lodge Seal, 
which is in charge of the Grand Secretary only. _ It 
misht cause vexatious delay to wait for its applica- 
tion. ™- ^- -">• 
rsince the above decision, it has been the custom of the Grand 
Secretarv to furnish to the Grand Master paper with ofhoial 
heading and an impression of tne Grand Seal ot Illinois: a cus- 
tom which began with the author of this Digest to avoid any 
question that might honestly arise in some minds. He had seen 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 31 

that the G.C. and It. Sec'y of the G.L.U.S. provides such sealed 
paper for the Grand Sire.] 

1 108. A Grand [Master or Grand] Patriarch has not, 
by virtue of his office, the power to authorize the re- 
moval of a subordinate from one town or city to an- 
other. U.S. 3181. 

[The extensive powers conferred by the Grand Lodge of Illi- 
nois upon its Grand Master are held to allow him to give dispen- 
sations for removal of subordinates. See such instances, Vol. 
Ill, pp. 23,77, 164. 232, 293. The Grand Patriarch has had the 
power specially given by resolution.— Jour. G.E. III. 1857, p. 25.] 

1 109. A Grand Master should not, upon general 
principles, hold office in his subordinate or in a De- 
gree Lodge. But, in the absence of any law of his 
Grand Lodge, he may hold such office as will not in 
any way interfere with his official business. 

U.S. 2858. 

[The G.L. 111. has passed no law on this point.] 

§ 110. A Grand Master has power to act under a 
resolution conferring authority at a time when the 
Grand Lodge is entertaining a resolution to reconsider 
the same, he being aware of the fact. Whether the 
pendency of a motion to reconsider should induce a 
suspension of action is a matter for the discretion of 
the executive officer. U.S. 2748. 

§111. The R.W. Deputy Grand Master has, during 
the absence of the M.W. Grand Master, the same 
powers. In absence of both from a session of the 
Grand Lodge, that body selects a presiding officer. 
At the meetings of the Grand Lodge the Deputy 
Grand Master sits as a supporter of the Grand Master. 
Const. 111. IV, 3, 8; By-Laws 111. I, 2. 

1 112. The R.W. Grand Warden assists the Grand 
Master in conducting the business of the sessions, and 
has charge of the door. 

Const. 111. IV, 4; G.L. Rules Order II, 1, as in \ 81 
above. 

§ 113. The R.W. Grand Secretary makes and keeps 
records of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge, and 
transmits printed copies to the subordinates as soon 
as practicable. He keeps the accounts of the Grand 
Lodge, receives money due it and pays immediately 
to the Grand Treasurer. He must notify the subor- 
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32 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

for the Grand Lodge. Practically, he is the corre- 
sponding officer of the Grand Lodge, attending during 
recess to all business not belonging to the Grand 
Master, and issuing from his office the warrants, com- 
missions, passwords, etc., signed by the Grand Master 
or authorized by him. He keeps and sells to the 
Lodges all supplies of cards, odes, books, etc. He re- 
ceives such compensation and gives such bond as the 
Grand Lodge may require. 

Const. 111. IV, 5, and 1/ 
>/, 114. The Grand Secretary is required to give bond, 
with two good sureties, in the penal sum of six thou- 
sand dollars: said bond to be submitted for approval 
by the Grand Lodge before his installation. 
' * 111. IV, 47. 

[No law required a bond from the Grand Secretary until this 
section was enacted in 1866, on suggestion of the G. Sec'y of that 
year. In 1*63 G. Sec'y Stair offerel a bond of 12,000, which was 
accepted ; but this did not become usage.— III. Ill, 445.] 

>/ 115. The Grand Secretary is instructed in present- 
ing the annual report required by usage to specify in 
detail the sources of revenue and the objects of ex- 
penditures. He is instructed to insure the property 
of the Grand Lodge; to append an index to each, an- 
nual journal of the Grand Lodge; to send no supplies 
unless they are paid for; to furnish printed certifi- 
cates to subordinates for their representatives; and 
to consider his fiscal year as ending on the 15th day 
of September. He is authorized to have the reports 
of the Grand Officers printed for distribution at the 
annual session of the Grand Lodge; to return uncur- 
rent funds sent him or sell them and charge the loss 
to the Lodge sending: and to give valid receipts for 
monev received, without the Grand Seal. 

III. Ill, 197, 181: 1857, 83, 57; 1856, 55, 52, 21. 

[Other duties of the Grand Secretary are to be found under 
other titles and should be sought by the index/ 

\ 116. The R.W. Grand Treasurer receives and pays 
out the funds of the Grand Lodge, keeping full ac- 
counts of receipts and expenditures, showing to whom 
money is paid, and for what. He must have his ac- 
counts posted and submitted at each session. He 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 33 

gives bond to the Grand Lodge by its corporate name. 
His fiscal year ends Sept. 15th. 

Const. 111. IV, 6 ; 111. IV, 279. 

[By the journals it appears that it is customary to have the 
Grand Treasurer's bond approved 03- the Grand Lodge at install- 
ation/ 

\ 117. The R.W Grand Representatives attend the 
meetings of the G.L.U.S. and represent the Grand 
Lodge of Illinois therein. By the constitution they 
are allowed necessary expenses; but the G.L.U.S. has 
given them mileage and per diem for that purpose 
since 1819, and the Grand Lodge of Illinois makes no 
appropriation. 

Const. 111. IV, 12; U.S. 1295, 1454, et al. ; Const. 
U.S. XVII. 

§118. Where the lavs of a. Grand Lodge or Grand 
Encampment provide that a Grand Representative is 
an elective Grand Officer thereof, he is to be recog- 
nized as such, and entitled to the honors of the Order 
when visiting a subordinate officially. U.S. 3738. 

\ 119. It is the duty of a Grand Representative, on 
his return to his jurisdiction, to instruct his constitu- 
ent Grand Body in the work of the Order (§ 18 above). 
A Grand Master or Grand Patriarch is charged with 
the duty of requiring of Lodges and Encampments, 
as well as of members, a strict compliance with the 
instructions received by him from the Grand Repre- 
sentative. U.S. 3821, 3812-3. 

§ 120. The W. Grand Chaplain opens the meetings 
of the < rrand Lodge with prayer. The Journals from 
1851 to the present time show that the session is cus- 
tomarily closed with prayer by the Grand Chaplain. 
The Constitution of 1847 gave this officer the title of 
'Right Reverend", which was maintained in the 
records till 1862, when correction was made bv the- 
G.L.U.S. 

Const. 111. IV, 7 ; By-Laws 111. I, 3 ; G.L. Rules Or- 
der I, 1; U.S. 3481; \ 51 above. 

I 121. The W. Grand Marshal attends the Grand 

Master in official visits to subordinates when required, 

issues his proclamations, and obeys his commands. 

At the Grand-Lodge sessions he sits as one of the sup- 

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34 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

porters of the Grand Master, and proclaims the open- 
ing of the Grand Lodge. 

Const, 111. IV, 8; G.L. Rules Order I, 1. 

\ 122. The W. Grand Conductor examines and con- 
ducts into the Grain! Lodge new members, attends to 
the comfort and convenience of members, and obeys 
the directions of the Grand Master. 

Const, 111. IV, 9. 

I 123. The W. Grand Guardian attends the inner 
door of the Grand Lodge, and allows none to enter or 
depart without consent of the Grand Warden. 

Const. 111. IV, 10. 

^ 124. The W. Grand Herald has charge of the prop- 
erty of the Grand Lodge, and keeps it in order. At 
meetings he has charge of the outer door. 

Const. 111. IV, 11. 

^The property here referred to has been understood to mean 
the regalia and other property taken to the Grand Lodge by the 
G. Sec'y: but he is not the regular custodian of anything by 
present custom.] 

^125. The M.W.Grand Master is authorized and 
empowered to appoint, from time to time, in his dis- 
cretion, as many members of the Grand Lodge, who 
shall be Grand Officers or Past Grand Elective Officers 
thereof, or otherwise duly qualified, as he may deem 
proper, not exceeding twenty in number, to visit 
Subordinate Lodges in the jurisdiction and instruct 
them in the unwritten work, and also upon such 
other matters of law and usage as the M.W. Grand 
Master may direct. The expenses of such visitors 
shall be paid, in every instance, by the Lodge or 
Lodges visited by them; and such official visitor- 
shall have, during their visits, the power of a deputy 
<>f the Grand Master. But no Lodge shall be visited 
at its expense except upon its own invitation. 

111. IV, 46, 165, and 325; V, 93. 

§126. When a Deputy of the Grand Master for a 
Lodge and a Grand Instructor appointed by the Grand 
Master come in conflict in the unwritten work, the 
instructions of the Grand Instructor take precedence. 

111. IV. 128. 

g 127. Grand Officers [visiting subordinates] address 
the chairs as other members do: the 'grand honors' 



ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 85 

are given immediately after their recognition by the 
officers of the Lodge. To elective and past Grand Of- 
ficers visiting outside their own jurisdictions the hon- 
ors are given after they have paid the nsnal address 
to the chairs, and have been recognized, and have 
been introduced to the Noble Grand by name and 
rank. U.S. 4467, 4993. 

$ 128. A Past Grand Master has a right to announce 
his title as such when visiting a Subordinate Lodge 
on ordinary occasions ; but he is not entitled to the 
honors of the Order, unless he visits on official busi- 
ness, which [fact] he should announce. U.S. 4993. 

§ 129. Elective Grand Officers may introduce visit- 
ing brothers, without subjecting them to the usual 
examination, into any subordinate [Lodge or En- 
campment] of their own jurisdiction. An officer of 
a Grand Lodge can not introduce a visitor into an 
Encampment by virtue of his office: nor can an offi- 
cer of the Grand Encampment by virtue of his office 
introduce a visitor into a Lodge; and this prohibition 
applies equally to Grand Representatives as to others. 
The holder of an unexpired withdrawal card may be 
introduced under this privilege. 

By-Laws U.S. XIY; U.S. 400, 2628, 3513. 

[" The right to introduce visitors whose cards are out of date " 
is in U.S. 2S59 denied to D.D.G. Masters, with the remark, "that 
power being restricted by law to 'Elective Grand Officers'." 
This section shows that the ' cards out of date ' are expired visit- 
ing cards only.] 

§ 130. No Grand Officer has the right to extend the 
courtesy of introduction allowed by the preceding- 
section to any brother unless reasonably satisfied of 
his good standing in the Order. 111. I, 180. 



Chapter V. 
Standing Committees of the Grand Lodge. 

§ 131. The Standing Committees of the Grand 
Lodge, by which much of its business is prepared, 
are now ten, viz: 1. on Credentials; 2. on Ileturns; 
3. on the State of the Order; 4. on Finance; 5. Ju- 



36 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

diciary; 6. on Appeals; 7. on Printing; 8. on Mileage 
and Per Diem; 9. Legislative; 10. on Rebekah De- 
gree. In the order of business, reports of these com- 
mittees are called and have precedence in order as 
named above. The committees are appointed by each 
Grand Master immediately after his installation ; and 
each consists of three members, except the Judiciary, 
Legislative, and on Appeals, each of which has live 
members. 

Const. 111. V, 1, as amended in 1870 and 1871, 111. 
IV. 4(T)— V. tO, 41. 

§132. The Constitution assigns to the Grand Ma- 
ter the appointment of committees at his discre- 
tion, which can not be interfered with. Hence, res- 
olutions requiring the Grand Master to appoint them 
from a certain class of members are out of order: but 
the Grand Lodge lias requested the Grand Master to se- 
lect appointive officers and [standing] committees 
from the representatives last chosen to the Grand 
Lodge. Members from standing committees are not 
as such entitled to mileage and per diem ; and if they 
are absent from the session, the vacancies will be 
filled by new appointments. 

111. Ill, 189. 200, 249, 347; 1856, 25. 

§133. The Committee on Credentials examines 
and reports on the credentials of Past Grands and 
Representatives. The Committee on Returns exam- 
ines and reports upon the returns of Lodges. 

(oust. 111. V. 2, 3. 

§134. The Committee on the State of the Order 
examines and reports upon the reports of the Grand 
Master and the Grand Secretary, so far as they relate 
to the state of the Order, and the reports from the 
Deputies of the Grand Master: they exhibit the con- 
dition and progress of the order, and reccommend 
measures for its benefit. It also reports upon appli- 
cations for charters. Const. [11. V, I. 

[From the reorganization of the Standing Committees in 1865, 
this committee became the committee on legislation. By the 
creation of the Legislative Committee, this work is divided: the 
State of the Order retains new legislation ; the Legislative deals 
with repeals and amendments of existing law. See \ 139. . 

#135. The Committee on Finance examines ac- 
counts and claims against the Grand Lodge, the ac- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 37 

counts of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer, 
and of all officers and committees intrusted with re- 
ceipt and disbursement of funds: they also suggest 
measures of finance. Const. 111. A", 5. 

2136. The Judiciary Committee investigates and 
reports on all appeals in which mere questions of law 
are required to be decided upon. It also examines 
the by-laws of subordinates and amends them to con- 
iform to the laws of this jurisdiction. 

Const. 111. V, 0. as amended in 1870. 

§ 137. The Committee on Appeals investigates all 
appeals and grievances from Lodges or members of 
Lodges referred to them, except appeals upon mere 
questions of law or in which it may be only neces- 
sary to determine questions of law. 

Const. I11..V, 7, as amended in 1870. 

\ 138. The Committee on Printing superintends all 
printing ordered by the Grand Lodge, and has au- 
thority to contract for the same. The Committee on 
Mileage and Per Diem carefully ascertains the num- 
ber of miles necessarily traveled by each officer and 
representative, by the nearest traveled route, and 
the number of days of attendance of each; and reports 
the amount due to each under the laws of the Grand 
Lodge. Const. 111. Y. 8, 9. 

§ 139. The Legislative Committee reports on all 
resolutions concerning the amending and repealing 
of laws, and such other matters as may be referred 
to it. [See the division between this and the Com- 
mittee on the State of the Order in note to £ 134, 
above.] Const. 111. Y, 10, adopted in 1871, 111. Y. 40. 

\ 140. The Committee on Rebekah Degree deals 
with matters relating to that degree and the Degree 
Lodges of that degree, as referred to it. 

Const. Ill.V, 11, adopted in 1871, 111. V, 41. 

§ 141. In the opinion of thfe Grand Lodge, the Di- 
gest of the G.L.U.S. and the Digest and Journals of 
the Grand Lodge of this state furnish ample leg- 
islation for the decision of all questions of law ; and 
all committees of the Grand Lodge are requested to 
give reference to established law on all questions by 
them decided. 111. Ill, 87. 



38 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

g 142. The committees are instructed to meet one 
day Before the Grand Lodge, to make out reports be- 
fore the opening of that body; and the representa- 
tives who are members of the committees arc entitled 
to one day's extra pay. 111. IV, -\' 



Chapter VI. 

Deputies of the Grand Master. 

I 143. By the Constitution of 1847, Art. V, \ 2. there 
were created appointive officers of the Grand Lodge 
called R.W. District Deputy Grand Masters: and the 
state was divided into districts, generally consisting 
of one county, with a D.D. Grand Master for each. 
See Digest of 1852, g 38, in Jour. Grand Lodge 111. Vol. 
I, p. 340. But in 1855 this system was abolished by 
the law given in the next section, and whatever in 
the laws required the Grand Master to district the 
state and appoint D.D. Grand Masters, and whatever 
required, recognized or implied such an officer, was 
repealed. (That is, no officer is recognized by law as 
a Deputy of the Grand Master for a District. But as 
the office created in its place is identical with it ii 
function and different only in extent, the he 
the G.L.TJ. 8. for D.D. G. Masters apply to the local 
deputies of Illinois; and even the rules respecting 
D.D. Grand sires are analogically applicable to them. 

111. 1855, IS 
\ 144. The representative of each Subordinate Lodge- 
who. ex officio, is the Deputy Grand Master of his 
Lodge, with the approval of the Grand Master) has 
concurrent power with the Grand Master, when ii 
docs not conflict with his opinion, to grant all dis- 
pensations except dispensations to open new Lodges; 
to confer official degrees on Last officers; to instal 
the officers of his Lodge, or cause it to be done by a 
qualified Past Grand. lie must visit his Lodge at least 
once in each mouth, to see that the work is done cor- 
rectly, and report to the Grand Master, in writing, at 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 39 

least four weeks before the regular session of the- 
Grand Lodge. The Grand Master must appoint a 
special Deputy for such Lodges as have no representa- 
tive attending the Grand Lodge at any regular session 
thereof. Const. 111. IV, 13. 

[On Dispensations, see \ 154, below; and on Installations, see 
Chapter XI, below.] 

# 145. A representative does not become Deputy 
until he is commissioned by the Grand Master. The 
regular commissions of Deputies go into effect on the 
first of January in each year, and remain in force for 
one year (unless revoked or superseded) and until 
other appointments are made, even though the Grand 
Master issuing them has given place to another. 

111. 1856, 17 ; 1857, 43. 

§ 146. The M.W. Grand Master has power to remove 
Deputy Grand Masters for Lodges at his pleasure, and 
may decline to appoint representatives as his Depu- 
ties whenever he may see fit. If he does not appoint 
the representative of a Lodge to be his Deputy, he 
may select a Past Grand as D.G.M. for such Lodge, 
who holds the position during the pleasure of the 
M.W. Grand Master. 111. IT, 465. 

[This supersedes the last part of \ 98 of Digest of 1864, and a de- 
cision (46th) in III. Ill, 160.] 

# 147. A Lodge can not under any circumstances 
elector appoint a Deputy of the Grand Master; nor 
can it elect a Representative to supersede one legally 
in office. Expulsion from the Lodge vacates the 
place of Representative or Deputy, of course. 

111. Ill, 486.. 

'£ 148. A District Deputy Grand Master need not 
have the Grand-Lodge Degree as a qualification. 

U.S. 4887, 

§ 149. The special Deputy appointed to institute a 
Lodge is the regular Deputy in charge thereof until 
some other Past Grand is appointed Deputy by the 
Grand Master. 111. 1857, 50, 55. 

§ 150. Whenever the Representative having charge 
of a Lodge has neglected his duty to the Lodge, the 
Lodge, after reasonable notice to the Representative 
or Deputy, may, by vote of two-thirds of the number 
present, address a complaint to the Grand Master. 



40 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

who may, in his discretion, declare the Represent" 
ative or Deputy displaced ; whereupon the vacancy 
is to be filled according to law. The Grand Master 
has no power, except under the grant of power in 
§146 above, to remove a D.G.M. from office simply 
on account of a change of residence of that officer, 
unless such change renders his proper attendance to 
the duties of the office impracticable. 

111. 1857, 48, 71; III, 159. 

\ 151. By his commission, a Deputy Grand Master 
is empowered and directed to act as the special agent 
of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, in relation to matter- 
specified, to wit: To act for the Grand Master, and, 
by his direction, to do and perform whatever may 
have been ordered to be done and performed by the 
Grand Lodge of Illinois, in his Lodge. To act as the 
representative of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, and to 
do and perform all such matters relating to the Order 
in his Lodge as the Grand Master may direct. He is 
to obey all special instructions of the Grand Master 
in relation to any thing which that officer is required 
to do, ami also to act as the agent of the Grand Sec- 
retary, and obey the special instructions of that offi- 
cer. He is to see that.the special instructions of the 
Grand Secretary respecting the returns of the Lodge 
are carefully observed and complied with. In 
of doubt, he is to consult the Grand Master, or the 
Grand Secretary if the business relates to the Grand 
' Secretary's office. He is not permitted to trans 
the powers conferred in his commission. 

111. 1857, 184-5. 

1 152. It is the duty of every Deputy Grand Master 
to keep a record or journal of all his official acts. He 
must record therein all applications for dispensations, 
and state whether the same were granted or refused, 
and if refused, upon what ground-: the date of all 
installations in the Lodge in his charge, with names 
of officers installed, and whether installed by himself 
in person or otherwise, and by whom; and all decis- 
ions and official visits made, and P.O. Degrees con- 
ferred by him, as well as other matters connected 
with his office. He must keep on file in his office all 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 41 

letters and communications addressed to him, and 
copies of all letters and communications sent or made 
by him. He must furnish the M.W. Grand Master, 
at the end of each term, with a copy of his record, or 
journal of proceedings, and a full report of the condi- 
tion of the Lodge, which copy of record and report 
are to be laid, by the M.W. Grand Master, before the 
Grand Lodge at its first regular session after his re- 
ceiving the same. 111. I, 133. 

\ 153. The commission of a Deputy must be read in 
The Lodge on occasion of his first official visit there- 
to; and the fact of such visit and reading must be en- 
tered on the records. A former law requiring the 
commission to be copied on the records is repealed. 

111. Ill, 203. 

\ 154. All applications for dispensations must come 
from the Lodge, in writing, duly attested by the seal 
of the Lodge ; if not so in proper form, he is not al- 
lowed to grant them. 

1. A Deputy is authorized to issue dispensations to 
allow a person to be proposed, reported upon, elected 
and initiated (or admitted by deposit of card), on one 
and the same evening. 

2. He may grant dispensations allowing the Lodge 
to elect a Scarlet-Degree member to the office Of X.G., 
if no P.G. or P.V.G. free from pending charges will 
accept it. 

3. He may grant dispensations allowing the Lodge 
to have processions with regalia when invited to join 
in the ordinary celebration of national festival days. 
The Grand Master reserves to himself the granting 
of all dispensations not specifically enumerated or 
plainly included in the above ; and application for 
any such other dispensation must be referred to him. 
A dispensation can not be granted for wearing regalia 
at the funeral of a suspended, dropped or expelled 
person. 111. 1857, 186; III, 79. (See \ 205.) 

CONVENIENT F0R3I OF PETITION FOR DISPENSATION. 

To P. G. , Deputy of the Grand Master for Lodge No.—,I. O. O.F. 

Dear Sib and Brother : You are respectfully requested to 
grant to Lodge, N"o. , a Dispensation allowiDg us — 



42 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 

[Then put in what is asked for, stating reasons for the request .- 
thus, for instance, " To elect a Scarlet-Degree member to the of- 
fice of Xoble Grand, as there is no P.G. or P.V.G. free from pend- 
ing charges willing to accept the office." Or thus: " To have 
procession with regalia on the 4th of July next, as we have been 
invited by our fellow citizens to join them in the celebration of 
the day. "j By order of the Lodge. 

SE.4L." , N.G. 

A ttest, , Sec'y. 

CONVENIENT FORM FOR DISPENSATION. 
To Lodge, No. , 1. 0. O.F. of Illinois. 

By virtue of the authority committed to me as Deputy of the 
Grand Master for your Lodge, I hereby grant and allow to you, 

according to the tenor of your petition dated , 18— , the 

same being in due form, a dispensation authorizing you 

[To have proposed, reported upon, elected and initiated (or ad- 
mitted by card I, upon one and the same evening, Mr. .] 

[To elect a Scarlet-Degree member to the office of Noble 
Grand.] 

[To have a procession, with regalia^at a celebration oi 
of next.] 

Dated at , on the of— — , 18 . 

, Deputy. 

\ 155. Deputies of the Grand Master, and Past 
Grands deputed to install the officers of subordinates, 

are charged with a special duty, clearly prescribed by 
law, and are entitled to all the respect due to the of- 
ficer whom they represent; but they have no author- 
ity to deprive a Lodge of its charter, nor any right to 
assume the rank of elective officers, and introduce 
strangers into a Lodge without card or password.. 
When visiting Lodges to install or on other official 
business, D.D. Grand Masters, as representatives of 
the Grand Master, are entitled to the same horn 
are given that officer. 

U.S. 1840; 4883, setting aside in 1870 the decision 
of 1860, 3227, 3256. See also 4240, in \ 156. 

^ 150. A Deputy of G. Master may not take the con- 
trol of the Lodge from the N.G. while it is regularly 
in the routine of lega] business, nor make any other 
than pro tern, appointments of officers in the Lodge 
while filling the chair of the N.G. 

111. 1853, 81 ; 1856, 20. 

[The G.L.TJ.S. says " A D.D.G. Sire has no right, by virtue of 
his office, to take the C. P. 's chair in an Encampment. He can 
take such chair'only when surrendered to him for installation of 
the officers."— U.S. 4240. This confirms the law of Illinois above.^ 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS DIGEST. 43 

1 157. A Deputy Grand Master, when called upon 
to decide questions in his district, necessarily fills the 
place of the Grand Master, and his decisions are bind- 
ing until reversed; but immediate steps should be 
taken to obtain the opinion of the Grand. Master. A 
Deputy Grand Master when cognizant of any proceed- 
ings in a Lodge in his jurisdiction which are illegal 
or irregular, or which afford ground for a suspicion 
of error or fraud, has authority to stay such proceed- 
ings. It is legal for that officer to set aside the action 
of a Subordinate Lodge verbally : he should do it in 
writing, but may not have time to do so. 

111. 1856, 36; I, 191; 1853, 81. 

£ 158. A Deputy is not an officer of the Lodge, but 
receives his authority from the Grand Master, whose 
agent he is, and can exercise no power except such as 
is conferred by his commission. It is not his province 
to decide questions which may arise in the Lodge, ex- 
cept on appeal. If the Lodge is about to do some 
illegal act, or the proceedings shall afford ground for 
a suspicion of error or fraud, he may interpose objec- 
tions, which should be regarded. If some illegal act 
has been done, he may set it aside. 111. IV, 9. 

g 159. No decision can be officially made by the Dep- 
uty except upon an appeal or question referred to 
him, or in case of irregular or illegal proceedings of 
the Lodge. He has a right, however, as a member, 
to express his opinion upon any question which may 
arise; but this will have no more legal effect than the 
opinion expressed by any other member. 

111. IV, 9. 

# 160. If the Deputy be present in the Lodge, an 
appeal may be taken to him, verbally, from the de- 
cision of the Lodge, just as an appeal is taken from 
the ISf.G. to the Lodge. If he is not present, or if he 
require the point in writing, a written appeal must 
be taken, clearly stating the point upon which the 
appeal is based, which the Lodge must attest and send 
to the Deputy with all necessary papers. 

111. IV, 9. 

§ 161. A Deputy has no power to set aside charges 
regularly and legally made, whether against himself 



44 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

or any other member of the Lodge. His power in 
this matter is set forth in £ 157. And lie may not set 
aside a ballot without assignment of legal reasons; 
thus only upon the ground of error or fraud. 

111. IV, 10; III. 50.3; IV, 9. 

\ 162. A Deputy of the Grand Master has no right 
to remove an officer of the Lod.ue for any cause. If 
an officer has made himself liable to removal, the 
Lodge must act in the matter; and upon its failure so 
to do, when ordered by the Grand Lodge or Grand 
Master, it mavbe disciplined for its neglect or refusal. 

111. IV. 52. 

\ 163. It is not proper for the Deputy of a Lodge to 
act as an attorney for the defendant in a trial. 

111. V, 14. 

\ 164. Xo Deputy Grand Master is allowed any com- 
pensation for officially visiting any Lodge or Lodges 
located in his own town or city. 111. I, 178. 



Chapter VII 

Charters and Institution. 

\ 165. A Grand Lodge has power to grant or to re- 
fuse charters to Subordinate Lodges, and to open such 
Lodges according to the prescribed form. 

U.S. Digest of 1847, 4.3: U.S. 1743. 

\ 166. On the written application of five or more 
brothers of the Order, in good standing, praying for a 
charter to open a new Lodge at a place where there is 
no Lodge established, or on the application of ten or 
more brothers, five of whom shall be of the Scarlet 
Degree, for a charter to open a new Lodge where there 
is one or more already established, the Grand Lodge 
may grant the same, and such Lodge shall receive its 
charter and the necessary charges and instructions 
from the Grand Master, or a Past 'Grand specially 
deputed, whose actual expenses, if any, shall be borne 
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ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 45 

must be accompanied by the permanent cards of the 
applicants and the charter fee — thirty dollars; and a 
petition is not considered unless so accompanied. 

Const. 111. VII, 1, 2. 

§ 167. Expired withdrawal cards may be received on 
deposit for ajoplications for charters of Subordinate 
Lodges; and for charters for Subordinate Encamp- 
ments, where the holders of such cards are contribut- 
ing members of Subordinate Lodge. [This in 1865 
repeals prior law.] There is no limit as to the age of 
the cards; and there is no law preventing the holders 
of 'dismissal certificates' (g 744) from being applicants 
for charters of new Lodges'. U.S. 3861, 1993. 

§ 168. Brothers who reside in one county of a state 
have a right to apply to its Grand Lodge for a charter 
to open a Lodge in another county in the same state, 
where no Lodge is established. TT.S. 1639. 

\ 169. The name of any person while living may not 
be used as the chartered name or title of any Subor- 
dinate Lodge or EncampmenT. (Enacted in 1871 by 
G.L.U.S. ; in 1868 by G.L. Illinois; in 1869 by G.E. 
Illinois.) 

U.S. 5151: Jour. G.L. 111. IV, 193; Jour. G.E. 111. 
II, 108. 

§ 170. All petitions for new Lodges, together with 
the charter fee for the same, shall be transmitted 
directly to the Grand Secretary (the petition to be 
accompanied by the cards of the petitioners), who 
shall, upon the receipt of the same, immediately rill 
out a dispensation, and, with the seal of the Grand 
Loelge affixed, forward the same to the Grand Master 
for his approval and transmission to the proper in- 
stalling officer. 111. I, 175. 

§ 171. The dispensation for the formation of a new 
Lodge authorizes and empowers all named therein to 
constitute the Lodge. But if any of those named are 
absent from the institution, its membership is com- 
posed only of those who, pursuant to that, authority, 
appear and assume before the instituting officer the 
obligations required by the laws. The absentees can 
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46 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

the hands of the Grand Officers, and applying in the 
usual mode for admission to membership by card. 

U.S. 226a 

\ 172. The traveling expenses of the Grand Master, 
Deputy Grand Master, and of all Deputies of the 
Grand Master, while officially engaged in instituting 
Lodges and installing their officers, are to be paid by 
the Lodges visited, and in no other way. 111. I, 222. 

\ 173. A special deputy appointed to institute a 
Lodge or Encampment has fulfilled his duty when 
such Lodge or Encampment is instituted and he ha's 
reported the institution. U.S. 4240-11. 

1 174. A Grand Body can not furnish a subordinate 
with two charters or a duplicate, except when the 
original has been mutilated or destroyed. Such du- 
plicate should not vary from the original ; and it- 
should be signed by the officers of the body granting 
it, with an indorsement stating that it is issued in 
place of one given at such other time, and which had 
been injured or destroyed. U.S. 2099. 

'/ 175. In Illinois, prior to 1850, it was some times 
allowed to alter a charter by erasure of one name and 
insertion of another; but at that session petitions for 
such change were denied; and the declared policy <»f 
the Grand Lodge ever since is to refuse to allow any 
change in a charter, considering it impolitic and 
illegal, as a Grand Body can not change or vary the 
phraseologv of an original charter. 

III. 1850, 125; III, 105, 421. 437, 444; IV, 277. 

§170. Every Lodge or Encampment continues to 
exist so long as it consists of five members in good 
standing, if a Lodge, and seven if an Encampment, 
unless its warrant be reclaimed by special act ; and 
such warrant can not be restored, nor can the name 
and number of any Lodge or Encampment be assigned, 
to any persons except to a sufficient number of those 
who were members of said Lodge or Encampment be- 
fore the extinction of its warrant. And this law is 
imperative upon all Grand Lodges and Encampments 
in regard to their subordinates. The charter of a 
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ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 47 

its members, if a constitutional quorum be willing to 
work under it. U.S. 93, '115-16, 410. 

|_On the restoration of a charter to a defunct subordinate, see 
Chapter XXXII, on Defunct Lodges, U 882, 883.] 

§ 177. Eacb jurisdiction is authorized to prepare a 
suitable form of charter for Kebekah-Degree Lodges. 

U.S. 4609. 



Chapter Till. 

General Laws affecting Subordinate Lodges, not 
otherwise classed. , 

\ 178. The Grand Lodge of Illinois adopted in 1847 
a uniform Constitution for Subordinates, which all 
must obey. It can be altered only by the Grand 
Lodge: the Lodge can not alter their constitution. 

111. I, 105, 332; Const. Sub. -111. X, 2. 

\ 179. Subordinates are restricted to the powers 
given by their charters, and have no legislative power 
except to make by-laws. But if the by-laws or con- 
stitution of a subordinate are found in conflict with 
the laws of its state Grand Body or of the G.L.U.S., 
the laws of the higher body prevail: and if a subor- 
dinate disregards its own constitution or the laws of 
its state Grand Body, yet acts according to the laws 
of the G.L.U.S., the state Grand Body has no right to 
punish it; and on proper appeal to the G.L.U.S. it 
will be protected. But in all cases any violation of 
the laws of its Grand Body is at the risk of the sub- 
ordinate. U.S. 1235-6, 3415, 3109. 

£ 180. It is the duty of a subordinate to obey the 
decisions of its Grand Lodge, which are final and con- 
clusive until reversed by the Grand Lodge of the 
United States, upon proper appeal thereto. Pending 
such appeal, the Subordinate Lodge is not entitled to 
any privileges other than those accorded to it by its 
Grand Lodge, which may enforce its decision by de- 
manding the charter and effects of the subordinate 
for non-compliance with the decision appealed from. 

U.S. 3738. 



48 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

§ 181. Subordinate Lodges or Encampments can not 
ask advice or counsel from any other source than the 
Grand Body by which they are governed. They have 
no right to'assemble in convention and legislate rela- 
tive to the internal affairs of Grand Bodies, nor can 
they assemble for any purpose of legislation or to af- 
fect the course of legislation, without the consent of 
their Grand Bodies (// 43). 

U.S. Digest of 1817, 47: U.S. 1077, 1786, 2215. 

\ 182. A subordinate should not presume the pro- 
ceedings of its Grand Lodge to be illegal, but receive 
respectfully all communications emanating from that 
body, or from the Grand Master; there is no objection 
to respectful debate thereon. A Subordinate Lodge 
has no right to demand that its committee shall be 
met on equal terms by a committee of its Grand 
Lodge, with a view to discuss and settle matter- of 
difference between them, though the hitter body may 
accord such an act of courtesy. U.S. 812. 

I 183. The location of a Lodge is designated in it.- 
charter, and can not be changed except by authority 
of the Grand Lodge (see \ 108, above): but, unless the 
charter also designate the place of meeting, the Lodg< 
may occupy any place sufficiently private and si 
from intrusion," and the Grand Lodge can not inter- 
fere. But movable Lodges or Lodges in the army are 
not permitted. 

U.S. Digest of 1847, 48; U.S. 782, 812,659,2137. 

\ 184. In Illinois a Lodge may not have its room or 
hold meetings in a hotel or tavern, without special 
permission of the Grand Master or Grand I. 
under penalty of loss of charter. 

By-Laws 111. [1,12. 

§185. Should a Lodge fail to hold its meetings 
six months, or to make returns for one year, or if its 
membership becomes less than live, it shall he deemed 
extinct or defunct, and its charter is forfeited. In 
all cases of the suspension or expulsion of a Lodge or 
the forfeiture of its charter, the effects reyerting to 
the Grand Lodge according to \ 18, it shall be the duty 
of the last-installed officer of such Lodge to deliver 
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ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 49 

him deputed to receive them, such funds and other 
effects as the Lodge mav have claim to. 

By-Laws 111. II, 1, 2; 111. Ill, 419. 

§ 186. No Lodge shall be suspended, expelled, or 
made liable to any disability, until found guilty of 
willful violation of the laws of the Grand Lodge of 
the I nited States, or of this Grand Lodge, upon due- 
trial, with opportunity of defense, upon charges filed 
with the Grand Secretary by some Past Grand ; and 
suspension or expulsion shall require a majority of 
two-thirds. But the provisions of this law shall not 
apply to cases in which a Lodge has forfeited its 
charter by failing to meet for six months or to report 
for one year, nor to cases in which a Lodge has been 
guilty of contempt, by disregard of a mandate of the 
Grand. Lodge or disobedience thereto. 

111. 1855, 136.. 

[Under the Grand Lodge of Illinois the following cases have 
occurred of suspension or trial of subordinates, or suspension 
ordered conditionally-. 

Xo. 6.1854,73-4: 1857.120-22: 111,8,9.23: 88: decided by G.L.U.S. 
in favor of Lodge. No. 36, III. 294-6: 29S-307 ; 324: suspended 
and restored. No. 53, I, :.4,.. 2-"\ 2*1 : tried by committee. No. 79, 
1854,26,60: committee of one sent; no report; Lodge retained 
standing. No. 112. Ill, 181 ; 257-8; 321: tried by commission ; re- 
tained standing. No. 143, V, 26, 83, 93 : suspended. No. 186, III, 
579: committee of one; retained standing. No. 334, IV, 388-9 ; 
391-7: 469-71; V, 16: suspended; then tried by commission, one of 
whom was of committee that preferred charges; restored to- 
standing. No. 440, V, 37, 92: suspended.. In several cases the 
Grand Lodge has censured subordinates.] 

§ 187. In all cases where a Lodge has been suspended 
or expelled, or its charter has been forfeited, the 
charter, funds, books, properties and effects of all 
kinds revert to its Grand Lodge. The effects of a 
Lodge embrace its jewels, emblems, furniture, etc., as 
its working and other books; and the charter, books 
and effects can be restored only to a sufficient num- 
ber of those who were members at the time when the 
charter was reclaimed. (For the legally-sufficient 
number and the conditions, see %'t 884, 885.") 

U.S. 351, 648, 749, 1283-4', and Charge-Books. 

§ 188. Each Subordinate Lodge pays to the Grand 
Lodge with each report such Capitation Tax as is 
from year to year or may be by the By-Laws of the 
4 



50 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

Grand Lodge determined upon. It must be paid for 
all members in good standing: all are counted as in 
good standing for this purpose who, having once been 
members, have nor withdrawn or died, nor been ex- 
pelled, and who are not at the time of making the 
report either dropped or suspended — even though so 
far in arrears as to lose right to benefits, or if under 
charges but not under penalty. 

Const. 111. VII, 6; 111. Ill, 167, 419; and Grand 
Secretary's instructions with reports. 
£ 189. The M.W. Grand Master is empowered to al- 
low, by dispensation, two adjacent Lodges to consol- 
idate and unite their membership and property, drop- 
ping the name and number of one of the Lodges and 
surrendering the corresponding charter: provided, the 
Grand Master shall first receive petitions for such 
consolidation, signed by the members of such Lodges, 
and duly attested by the seals of the Lodges ; and if 
the Lodges consolidating do not decide which name 
and number shall be dropped, the Grand Master shall 
decide thereon. 111. Ill, 261. 

[This law was passed in 1S61, and was originally designed to 
meet exigencies arising from the state of things during the war 
of the rebellion, but was not limited to that time. There was 
also a law providing for the voluntary temporary suspension of 
work, which expired with the war, which see in 111. Ill, 202, 331, 
or Digest of 1864, ? 84.] 

§ 190. Two Lodges having united under the consol- 
idation law of 1861 (# 189) one of them can not after- 
ward, even by mutual consent, receive back its prop- 
erty, number, charter and membership, and be thus 
reconstituted as before. 111. IV, 10. 

[In 1871, the Grand Lodge approved the action of the Grand 
blaster in issuing a dispensation permitting the separation and 
xeconstitution of a Lodge that had been consolidated, such per- 
mission being temporary, and awaiting the approval of the Grand 
Lodge. But the law was not repealed: hence, all cases, under 
this precedent, must be decided by the discretion of the Grand 
Master and of the Grand Lodge, severally.— III. V, 16, 84.] 

\ 191. All Subordinate Lodges shall punish their 
members who may be guilty of immoral conduct; 
and after charges have been preferred for Immoral 
conduct, and sustained, they shall award such pun- 
ishment as is provided therefor in their constitution 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 51 

and by-laws, and the rules and usages of the Order 
demand; in default of which, the subordinate neg- 
lecting or refusing to award punishment shall be 
liable to forfeit its charter. By-Laws 111. II, 5. 

-§ 192. A Lodge has'' the right and the duty to correct 
an error which it may have committed through 
ignorance. U.S. 2620. 

[Some errors a Lodge is not allowed to correct : thus, a brother 
sent to pay his dues : the secretary named too little, which sum 
was paid ; the G.L.U.S. held that to be as valid as a full payment, 
and the Lodge could not claim the benefit of the error. (G.L.U.S. 
1935.) See too the case of Willard against Madison Lodge, III. 
Jour. 1854, p. 51, and the query of Rep. Wilbite, Jour. 1853, p. 70.] 

§ 193. A Lodge is responsible for the mistakes of 
its officers; and an individual brother should not be 
allowed to suffer therefor. 111. Ill, 161. 

\ 194. Every Lodge must have a seal, with which 
all its official communications, reports, applications 
for cards, books, etc., must be sealed; and a proof- 
impression must be deposited with the Grand Secre- 
tary. By-Laws 111. I, 6; §878. 

1 195. The seal of a Lodge or Encampment, to be 
authentic, must be printed or impressed upon the 
paper or instrument it authenticates, and not af- 
fixed thereto: a printed seal pasted on is not a legal 
seal. U.S. 2810. 

§ 196. A Lodge may not have a public procession 
without the permission of the Grand Lodge. Grand 
Master, or Deputy Grand Master for the Lodge, ex- 
cept to attend the funeral of a brother. 

By-Laws 111. II, 7. 

§ 197. ISTo Lodge nor Encampment, nor any of the 
members thereof, may, in the name of the Order, resort 
to any scheme of raffles, iotteries or gift-enterprises, 
■or schemes of hazard or chance of any kind, as a 
means to raise funds for any purpose of relief or as- 
sistance to such subordinates, or to individual mem- 
bers. U.S. 3953. 

§ 198. Any Lodge asking pecuniary aid for any cause 
must apply first to its own G. Lodge ; and if this body 
has not the ability to render the aid needed, the G.L. 
may ask the assistance of the G. Lodges in adjacent 
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G. Masters, who shall have power to issue circulars 
stating circumstances, etc., in aid of the appeal. The 
form of the circular to be as given in the Appendix. 

U.S. 860, 906. 

§ 109. No Lodge or Encampment may entertain any 
application for pecuniary aid or assistance, under 
whatsoever scheme it may be presented, unless the 
same be authorized by the Grand Body, or its princi- 
pal Grand Officer, of the jurisdiction in which such 
aid is solicited, and in accordance with the form pre- 
scribed for such purposes by the G.L.U.S. The 
Grand Sire has no power to authorize subordinates in 
the jurisdiction of Grand Bodies to apply for aid. 

U.S. 3953, -4407. 

I 2oo. The Grand Lodge discourages appeals for pe- 
cuniary assistance in case of loss by fire, it being the 
duty of a Lodge to insure its property, according to 
§ 914. It is also held to be inexpedient to allow 
Lodges to ask pecuniary aid from ,other Lodges for 
their own individual members. 

111. Ill, 507. 512; IV, 313. 

^ 201. A Lodge has no power to legalize an illegal 
act of its officers, such as the issuing of a visiting card 
to a brother by the X.G. and Secretary without a vote 
of the Lodge. 111. Ill, 161. 

\ 202. All refreshments in the way of edibles or 
beverages (except water) shall be strictly excluded 
from all Lodge-rooms or ante-rooms, or halls con- 
nected with or adjoining thereto, under the control 
of any Subordinate or Degree Lodge or Encampment 
of this Order. U.S. 3709. 

$203. The universal usage of the Order prohibits 
the use in the Lodge-room or ante-room of any re- 
freshments other than water either before, during or 
after a regular meeting of the Lodge; and no festival 
should be held in connection with a regular meeting. 
111. 1850. 201 ; III, 263. 

\ 2(>4. A Lodge may not hold any anniversary, cel- 
ebration, ball or party, using thereat the name or re- 
galia of the Order, without the written consent of the 
Grand Master, allowing such use. The Grand Master 
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ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 53 

sealed application of the Lodge by its N.G. and Sec- 
retary, with pledge of the Lodge and its officers that 
no intoxicating beverages of any kind shall be used 
or offered to members or guests at such festival, cele- 
bration, ball, party, etc. State Grand Bodies are re- 
quired to enforce this law. 

U.S. 3709; repeated in 111. Ill, 517; explained, 
I 206. 

§ 205. If a Lodge violates the law of the preceding 
section, the Grand Master must suspend it at once, 
until the session of the Grand Lodge, or until suita- 
ble reparation and apologv has been made. 

111. Ill, 517. 

§ 206. The law of 1864 (g 204), prohibiting anniver- 
saries, etc., without the consent of the Grand Master 
or Grand Patriarch, predicated upon the promise that 
no intoxicating beverage shall be used, is not intended 
to prevent Lodges and Encampments from joining in 
a public procession in regalia, in connection with 
other organizations, when invited to do so by the 
civil authorities; and permission for that purpose 
may be obtained from the respective jurisdictions 
under such regulations as they may prescribe. 

U.S. 3739. 

§ 207. The Grand Lodge recommends to the subor- 
dinates in places where its annual sessions are held 
that they do not give any public festival or entertain- 
ment to the Grand Lodge. 111. 1855, 108. 

g 208. It is not proper for a Lodge, or the members 
of a Lodge, as such, to hoist a political banner or flag 
upon their Lodge-room, or make or participate in any 
political demonstration whatever. 111. Ill, 157-8. 

g 209. All acts of incorporation obtained by Subor- 
dinate Lodges or Encampments must be submitted to 
their several state Grand Bodies for approval before 
the same can be accepted and acted upon by such 
subordinates, and it is the duty of such state Grand 
Bodies to see that such charters contain no provision 
inconsistent with the laws of this Order, and that the 
rights of property of the state Grand Bodies and of 
the said subordinates in Lodges and Encampments 
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54 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

the several states will permit. [Provision having 
been made by the Grand Lodge and Grand Encamp- 
ment of Illinois for the incorporation of their subor- 
dinates, special incorporating acts may no/ be ob- 
tained by them. See the Acts in Appendix.] 

U.S. 3994. 
§210. When a Lodge is chartered and em} lowered 
to work in the German language, sound poli.y re- 
quires that it shall work in no other language/ On 
the opposite rule, the Lodges working in English 
might from such a precedent claim the right to use 
the' ceremony in German occasionally, when interest 
might influence. 111. IV. 9. 

[This decision was made on a query from Lodge 329 (misprinted 
in the Journal, 229), and was made, consequently, with refer- 
ence to those cases in which Lodges work in different languages 
in the same place, and not with reference to the action of 
Lodges using two languages in places where there are not other 
Lodges to be interfered with by the practice, which is recognized 
in I 880.] 

§211. The Grand Bodies in Illinois are authorized 
to give permission to subordinates in that jurisdic- 
tion to work and to transact business in the Scandi- 
navian tongues, provided that no written or printed 
translation of the work be allowed. 

U.S. (in 1871)5241. 

[Under this authority, the Grand Lodge of Illinois authorized 
its Lodse 440 to work ami keep records in the Swedish language,, 
subject to the general laws respecting Lodges using foreign lan- 
guages ( ? S09.I.-JM. V. 83.] 

§212. Lodges are required to forward all money 
sent to the Grand Secretary, whether for capitation 
tax, supplies, or otherwise, as far as practicable, in 
the form of drafts or certificates of deposit payable to 
the order of the Grand Secretary by name ; and in 
case uncurrent funds are sent, that officer is author- 
ized to return them, or to charge the discount to the 
Lodge. 111. 185 

[The law requiring Lodges to register money-letters, adopted 
in 1855 (p. 86), was repealed in 1864 (III. Ill, 523).] 

§213. In 1859 the Grand Secretary was authorized 
in case of loss of money in the mails in transmission 
from subordinates to settle with the Lodges as ho 
might deem just. Generally the Lodge was credited 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS r DIGEST, DO> 

with the amount sent, as seen in 111. Ill, 562. But 
in 1S65 the law was passed that no Lodge can be cred- 
ited for lost money until it has furnished satisfactory 
evidence that the same was sent either by draft or by 
express. 111. Ill, 562; Y, 49, 73. 



Cliapter-IX. 

Lodge Officers— their Election, Appointment, 
Resignation, and Removal. 

§214. The elective officers of a Lodge are a Noble 
Grand, Vice Grand, Secretary, and Treasurer; and 
the Lodge may at pleasure elect a Permanent Secre- 
tary, in addition, to serve twelve months. The ap- 
pointed officers are the Warden, Conductor. Outside 
Guardian, Eight and Left Supporters to the Xoble 
Grand, Eight and Left Supporters to the Vice Grand, 
and Eight and Left Scene Supporters; 'also, the X.G. 
may appoint a Chaplain, at his option. All these of- 
ficers, except the Permanent Secretary, serve for a 
term of six months. Const. Subs. 111. Ill, 1, 2. 

[The above is the same as the law of the G.L.U.S., except as to 
the Chaplain, which office is not created by that bodv's laws. 
See U.S. Digest of* 1847. 49: U.S. 900, 901,912. A Lodge may ap- 
pointor elect a Chaplain, who is called an officer, because he 
holds an office: but service therein does not make him eligible 
to another office.— U.S. 4993/ 

£ 215. The Constitution authorizing the ZST.G. to ap- 
point a Chaplain at his option, the Lodge can not 
interfere with this power of appointment or prevent 
him from exercising it. 

111. IV, 292 (misprinted 280). 

£ 216. The elective and appointive officers of a 
Lodge are prescribed by law ; and a Lodge may not 
create any other office or officer. A Eoom Warden 
or Steward may be chosen, but is not an officer and 
not liable to fine as such. The Junior P.G. (g 217) is 
not finable for absence. 

111. I, 147-8, 294 ; 1856, 182, 117, 170. 

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56 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

the rank of P. G. is attained by service in the N.G.'a 
chair; and the P.G. who has just passed the N.G.'a 
chair is called the Junior P.G., and should not be 
elected to any office ; but he may be elected repre- 
sentative to the Grand Lodge [which position is not 
an office of the Lodge]. A Lodge may not elect two 
sets of officers, U.S. 1113, 1317, 2132, 1100. 

[One case is on record in which a Lodge working in two lan- 
guages elected two sets of officers, each set taking the chair al- 
ternately : this having been allowed in the early days of the Or- 
der, the G.L.U.S. refused to prohibit it in that Lodge, but also 
refused to allow it as a precedent.— U.S. 1100.^ 

£ 218. A Lodge can not compel qualified members 
to accept office ; but an installed officer can not re- 
sign without consent of the Lodge. 111. 1853, 67. 

# 219. An officer who resigns forfeits the honors of 
his office, which inure to his successor. U.S. 12-15. 

£ 220. Officers must be elected at the last regular 
meeting in each term ; they can not be chosen ear- 
lier. Nominations may be made on the two meetings 
immediately preceding election, and on election- 
night, previous to going into election. When mem- 
bers competent and eligible to fill the offices can not 
be had, and the old officers have to be and are re- 
tained, they should be reelected and installed, and not 
simplv suffered to hold over. 

Const, Subs. 111. IV, 3, 4; 111. Ill, 79, 158. 

\ 221. Elections must be by ballot, and never should 
be decided by lot ; but when there is but one candi- 
date for an office, he may be chosen thereto by accla- 
mation. The motion should be ' that Brother A — B — 
be elected by acclamation' : the Lodge votes thereon 
by the usual sign of the Order; and if the motion 
prevails, the brother is therebv elected without fur- 
ther vote. Const. Subs. IV, 4; 111. 1852,69; 1856, 21, 

\ 222. In the election of officers a majority of all 
votes cast is necessary for a choice ; and votes for per- 
sons not in nomination are not to be counted. 

111. 1855, 74, 124; 111,420. 

[The Grand Lodge of Illinois has not decided whether a blank 
vote shall be counted ; but the G.L.U.S. has decided that, in the 
absence of any provision to the contrary, a vote in blank is as 
much to be counted as if it had the name of a candidate upon it ; 
also, that when the by-laws of a Lodge provide that, 'on a 
second ballot the poll shall be between the two candidates who 



ILLIXOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. ' 57 

shall have received the highest number of votes on the first bal- 
lot', all votes cast for other candidates on the second ballot are 
void and to be excluded from the poll.— UJS. 2859-60, 2928.] 

\ 223. In the absence of any by-law, the proper time 
for election of the Permanent Secretary is at the De- 
cember election ; and as the Constitution allows the 
election of a Per. Secretary at discretion of the Lodge, 
no by-law is needed, unless the Lodge wishes to make 
his term begin in July. 111. 1856, 213, 238. 

The words December and July are substituted for June and 
January, which were in the original decision, for the reason that 
in 1S71 the G.L.U.S. changed the time of making annual reports 
in all Lodges (U.S. 5218); hence the dates of the original law 
should be changed correspondingly/ 

§ 221. A brother who has previously signified that 
he will accept an office if elected thereto, or who has 
instructed a brother present at the time of the elec- 
tion to signify his acceptance, may be elected, though 
himself not present at the election. 111. I, 302. 

£ 225. Candidates may not be required to retire dur- 
ing an election ballot, as they are thereby deprived 
of their right to vote and to withdraw from the can- 
vass at discretion. 111. 1856, 117. 

§ 226. If a new Lodge is instituted or a defunct one 
revived so late in a term that its officers have not 
fourteen nights' service before the beginning of the 
next regular term (January or July), new officers are 
not to be elected for such regular term, but the old of- 
ficers hold over without election, as service for less 
than the majority of a term does not entitle them to 
the honors of service. But if there be fourteen nights 
or more, new officers are chosen at the regular term, 
and the officers who have served receive the honors 
of their offices. U.S. 794, 952, 2781. 

$ 227. A Grand Lodge can not elect an officer for a 
subordinate. U.S. 1476. 

\ 228. The appointive officers of a Lodge are ap- 
pointed by the X.G., except the supporters of the 
V.Gr., who are appointed by that officer. The ap- 
pointments, except for vacancies, are made at install- 
ation, and may not be made before. 

U.S. 1887, and Charge-Bk. (Same in Const. Subs. 
Ill, 3,4.) 

§ 229. Officers can not be elected or installed by a 



58 • ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' digest. 

Lodge that is under suspension or expulsion, nor can 
the honors be bestowed upon officers whose terms ex- 
pire when a Lodge is in such a condition. 

□ i i- } re T str 1 lctl0n u P° n reelection of officers in a 
Subordinate Lodge is abolished: the G.L TJ S has 
left the matter to state legislation, and the 'Grand 
Lodge of Illinois has repealed its restrictive laws 
and advises Lodges to elect the best-qualified mem- 
bers to till the several offices, without regard to n*«* 

P °foo? nS ; T , U - S - ,in lSf ' 7) 41S2: UL1V, 153, 459. 
u-f-f A x Lod 8"e may not make new rules on eligi- 
bility to office. ]]] iy q 
I 232. There is no reason why persons akin to each 
other, no matter bow -lose the relation, should not 
hold office at the same time in the same Lodge. 
aoQQ » v «. , , U.S. 4992. 
' -;•• -7, brother under charges for bad conduct is 
not eligible to office: a candidate must be free from 
all charges, and before installation he must be free 
from indebtedness to the Lodge for dues etc All 
the elective officers, and the Warden and 'the O G 
must have the Scarlet Degree before installation • and 
m jurisdictions accepting the Rebekah Degree thev 
must have that also. Charge-Books; \ 235, below. 
6 234 An officer may be elected to an office higher 
than that winch he holds, thus vacating the lower of- 
*i\ _ A member may be elected, but can not be in- 
stalled, while indebted to the Lodge ; but an appointed 
officer need only be in good standing when appointed 
and installed. up i 856| 2 i 173 933 
§235. The officers of all Lodges which are in' ob- 
session of the Rebekah-Degree work ought to be in reg- 
ular possession of the degree, on the same principle 
on which they are required to assume other obligations 
belonging to their official stations. 

U.S. 1841, 2214 (in 1852 and 1S54). 
[The letter of the law makes possession of the Rebekah DeerPA- 

general. The Charge-Book requires d'etre '-rank o^hfo¥tl£ 
elective officers the Warden, and the O.G . and with this agrees 
Const. Sub. 111. IV, 2. But at the session when the first o/ThlS 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 59 

decisions was made came an appeal from Texas. Tbe G.L. of Texas 
had refused to adopt a resolution providing that the Rebekah De- 
gree is essential to all officers ; and the G.L. U.S. decided that there 
was nothing informal or illegal in the action of the Grand Lodge 
of Texas.— U.S. 1899. The compiler of this Digest, therefore, 
doubts whether the law means more than that all officers required 
to have the Scarlet Degree (£ 241 1 must also have the Rebekab 
Degree ; but he is obliged to record the law as he finds it, and to 
state the conflicting decisions. See ? 302.] 

\ 236. No brother is eligible as N.G. unless he has 
served a term as V.G. (filling a vacancy at close of 
term is considered legal service for the term, by 
# 309), nor is he eligible as V.G. unless he has served 
a term in an inferior office : except, in a new and re- 
vived Lodge ($ 313) or as provided in g 240, hereafter. 
A Grand Lodge can not make a Scarlet-Degree mem- 
ber eligible as^N.G. on one term's service in a subor- 
dinate office ; nor may local law require other serv- 
ice than one term in an inferior office as qualification 
for V.G. Service as Chaplain does not give eligibili- 
ty. Loss, mutilation or disability of the right hand 
does not disqualify a brother of sufficient service and 
degree-rank for the office even of N.G. 

U.S. Dig. of 1847, 49; U.S. 1017, 4370, 4993, 4375. 

$ 237. A Past Y.G. of one Lodge is eligible to the 
office of N.G. in any other Lodge which he may join, 
if he has proof of such service, but not without such 
proof; and the possession of a P.O. Degree is legal ev- 
idence of having passed the office to which it j>er- 
tains. If an installed V.G. has been illegally dis- 
placed, and for that reason has not filled the chair, 
he is eligible as N.G. 

111. 1854, 7, 53; III, 161; 1855, 123. 

£ 238. The general principle prevails that the law is 
satisfied if the officer-elect is found eligible at the 
time of induction into office. Thus, the V.G. is gen- 
erally nominated and elected N.G. before the close of 
his full term ; and such nomination and election is 
legal. So an acting N.G. may be elected to any sta- 
tion requiring the rank of P.G. (as N.G. of a R.D.L., 
£ 584, 586, or representative to a Grand Lodge, £ 217), 
if his term of office expires before his entering upon 
the duties of the new station. U.S. 4609. 

# 239. A brother is eligible to the office of N.G. who, 



60 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

in consequence of sickness, has been unable to per- 
form the duties of Y.G. for a majority of the nights 
of his term in that office, and who has been excused 
from time to time by the Lodge; because his absence 
was occasioned by a providential interposition, over 
which he had no control. It is otherwise where the 
absence is voluntary, even though he may have the 
leave of the Lodge., A Lodge can not grant to an of- 
ficer leave of absence for a majority of the nights of a 
term, without working forfeiture of the honors of the 
office. U.S. 1886, 2309. 

§ 240. In the case of a vacancy in the office of X.G. 
or Y.G. of a Subordinate Lodge, and all qualified 
members refusing to accept either of said offices, the 
Lodge may elect a Scarlet-Degree member thereto, 
who is entitled to the honors as in the case of consti- 
tuting a new Lodge; provided, however, that a dis- 
pensation for the purpose be first obtained from the 
proper authority in the jurisdiction to which the 
Lodge belongs. The same rule applies in case of a 
regular election under similar conditions. 

U.S. 2661, 2561. 

\ 241. The practice is well settled for presiding of- 
ficers to fill the subordinate stations by pro tern, ap- 
pointments, in places of absentees, previous to pro- 
ceeding to business, and such is the universal custom 
in the Order. By-laws on the subject are unnecessary. 
The right of the presiding officers to make their ap- 
pointments according to their discretion is a consti- 
tutional one, and can not be infringed upon by by- 
laws requiring them to appoint from members of a 
certain degree, either for temporary or permanent of- 
ficers. Thus, while a Lodge may arrange with the 
O.G. that he shall perform the duties of Steward, it 
can not require the X.G. to appoint as O.G. the per- 
sen chosen by it as Steward. And it is expedient 
that the supporters of the X.G. be of the Scarlet De- 
gree, and the supporters of the Y.G. of the R.B. De- 
gree, at least, or higher. This language virtually pro- 
hibits filling these places (supporters) with members 
of degrees lower than those named, where there is a 
sufficient number of members of the requisite degrees 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 61 

in the Lodge who will accept the positions ; and an 
installing officer is justified in refusing to install sup- 
porters when the law is not complied with. See § 302, 
below. 111. I, 147, 119; 1856, 176; IV, 274. 

I 242. A N.G. can not hold the office of Treasurer. 

111. Ill, 420. 

§ 243. In case of an illegal election to office, it must 
be held over again. The brother having the next 
highest number of votes, where the brother elected 
is afterward ascertained to have been ineligible, may 
not, by virtue thereof, be declared elected. 

111. Ill, 161. 

£ 244. When an officer-elect fails to appear for in- 
stallation, and no sufficient reason for his absence be 
given to the installing officer*, it is both the right and 
the duty of the installing officer immediately to de- 
clare the office vacant and order a new election. If a 
N.G. fails to appear for installation [and a new elec- 
tion is not ordered as provided above], his duties de- 
volve upon the V.G. ; and where the laws make pro- 
vision for vacation of office by non-attendance, the 
Lodge may treat the officer as if installed, and vacate 
his office, and the brother then elected and installed 
is the N.G." in his place. U.S. 2215-16, 2403-4. 

\ 245. If an officer-elect of a Lodge on installation- 
night refuses to retire to the ante-room for examina- 
tion; or, after having so retired, refuses to return to 
the Lodge-room to be installed when required to do 
so by the Grand Marshal ; or if an officer-elect resigns 
on the evening of installation, another can be elected 
in his place and installed forthwith. 

111.111,161; 1,174. 

§ 246. When there is no local law for vacating an 
office, an installed officer does not vacate his office 
by absence. Officers can be removed only in accord- 
ance with the laws of the Grand Lodge. Eemoval 
from office is not a penalty that can be inflicted for 
immoral or improper conduct : it is allowable for of- 
ficial misconduct. (§§ 639, 640.) Suspension from of- 
fice is not allowable. Suspension for conduct unbe- 
coming carries loss of office with it. 

U.S. 2215 ; 111. I, 146 ; 1856, 117, 232, 226. 



62 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest, 

# 247. If an officer absents himself for more than 
three successive evenings, the Lodge may declare his 
seat vacant, and a new officer can be elected or ap- 
pointed; but the vacation cannot be declared until 
after the fourth absence, to wit, on the fifth night. 
But if the Lodge does not remove the officer prompt- 
ly, but allows him to resume the functions of his of- 
fice without discipline, it can not afterward call up 
the case and remove him. And if an officer takes a 
visiting card and avowedly departs for a long period, 
without resigning his office, the Lodge may immedi- 
ately vacate his chair, and proceed to fill it. All va- 
cancies are filled in the manner of the former selec- 
tion. 

Const. Sub. 111. IY, 6; 111. 1854, 45; 1856, 59; III, 
443. 



Chapter X 

Officers of Lodges— their Powers, Duties, and 
Privileges. 

§ 248. Officers have such powers and perform such 
duties as are assigned them by their charges, by gen- 
eral laws, and by the constitutions and by-laws of 
their Lodges. U.S. Digest of 1*47. p. 40. 

§ 249. All members of the Order are equally bound 
to be governed by its laws and well-known usages; 
and for refusal they may be tried for conduct unbe- 
coming. Official position gives no indulgence. 

U.S. 4241. 

§250. An officer of a Lodge can not fill his station 
by proxy even with the consent of the Lodge, nor ac- 
cept an office with any conditions or reservations, 
nor escape fine for absence by providing a substitute. 
* 111. I, 174, 283; 1855, 85. 

I 251. Where a KG. obtains leave of absence from 
his Lodge for three months and overstays his time, 
being absent for a majority of the nights in the 
term, his office is declared vacant by a vote of the 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 63 

Lodge and a P.G. elected to his vacancy, the Lodge 
can not, by the resignation of the latter and the re- 
election of the former for the remainder of that term, 
make him a P.G. entitled to the honors of a Past No- 
ble Grand. ('"Approved under the peculiar state of 
facts embodied therein.") A Lodge has no right to 
grant leave of absence covering a majority of nights 
of a term : if leave is given, forfeiture of honors still 
follows the absence. 

U.S. 1S86, 1898, 2309, 2859, 2925. 

§ 252. No officer, except the Secretaries, can be ex- 
empt from dues; but the O.G. and Warden may be 
paid for their services, at discretion of the Lodge. A 
Lodge may pay a Secretary a salary beside or includ- 
ing the amount of his clues; but the allowance of sal- 
-arv may not be retrospective. 

111. 1S56, 118; Const. Subs. Ill, 5, 6; 111. IV, 378. 

\ 253. When an officer who is paid (directly or by 
exemption from dues) resigns, he does not forfeit his 
compensation for the period during which he served. 

U.S. 2268. 

1 254. All officers of Subordinate Lodges are re- 
quired to commit their respective parts of the work 
of the Order, so as to proceed without the use of 
books, within one month from the time of their in- 
stallation; and upon a failure to comply with this 
rule, their offices shall be vacated, or a suitable fine 
[which must be assessed by the bv-laws of the Lodge] 
must be inflicted. 111. I, 209; 1856, 117, 120. 

§ 255. It is the duty of the KG. to preside in the 
Lodge, and enforce a due observance of the constitu- 
tion and laws, and a proper respect for the authority 
of the Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois ; to see 
that all the officers of the Lodge and members of 
committees perform their respective duties, as en- 
joined by the several charges and the constitution 
and by-laws; to appoint all officers and a majority of 
all committees not otherwise provided for; to give 
the casting vote, only, on all matters or questions 
before the Lodge, except in the election of officers, 
when he is entitled to vote. He must inspect and 
announce the result of all ballotings or other votes 



64 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

by the Lodge ; have charge of the charter, which he 
must always have in the Lodge while in session; 
draw upon the Treasurer for all sums that have been 
voted by the Lodge, or that may be necessary to pay 
the benefits provided for by the by-laws; convene 
special meetings, and perform such other duties as 
appertain to his office. He may not make or second 
any motion, nor take part in any debate while in the 
- chair. * Const. Subs. Ill, 3. 

\ 256. The holding of office does not deprive mem- 
bers of any of their rights and privileges in the Lodge, 
such as the right of debate, voting, etc. [Inference 
from U.S. 1503, 2265, etc., and \ 93.] Hence, a Grand 
Master may take part in the proceedings of his Lodge 
(U.S. 1503), and a Noble Grand may vote on the elec- 
tion of members, etc. The limitation 'to give the 
casting vote only', etc. (Const. Subs. 111. 3, and \ 255), 
has reference to questions of policy before the Lodge. 
111. I, 251-2; III, 42L 

§ 257. The N.G. must enforce the laws and see that 
other officers and committees do their duty; but he 
is not bound to report to the Lodge all irregularities. 
This oversight can not be assigned to any other offi- 
cer. 111.1857, 164, 166; III, 42L 

\ 258. It is improper for the Noble Grand of a Lodge 
to permit business to be done in the Lodge that he 
considers illegal, if his judgment is sustained by the 
Lodge. A Noble Grand has no right to refuse to put 
any legitimate question to his Lodge: his differing 
with the Lodge has nothing to do with the matter. 

111. I, 204: U.S. 4992. 

§ 259. The Noble Grand, being the proper custodian 
of the Charge-Books and all others containing or re- 
lating to the secret work of the Order, may intrust 
them to his subordinate officers for the purpose of 
qualification while in the Lodge-room; but it is un- 
lawful to take these books from the room; and the- 
laws prohibit the writing of the initiatory charges as. 
well as all other parts of the work. U.S. 4467. 

§260. The N.G. holds the books, etc.. in his pos- 
session until his successor is installed. 111. III. 42L 

§ 261. No one but the acting N.G, may draw on the: 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 65 

Treasurer for funds. If the by-laws do not prohibit 
it or fix some other regulation, the N.G. niay draw 
an order for benefits only without the order of the 
Lodge and attestation of the Secretary : otherwise he 
can not do so. He has no power or control of the 
funds of the Lodge but what is expressly given in the 
constitution and by-laws. 

111. 1856, 117,234; III, 153. 

$ 262. When there is no P.G. present at initiation 
to deliver the P.G.'s charge, it may be delivered by the 
N.G., but never by the V.G. U.S. 1895. 

$263. The acting KG. has a rfght to call special 
meetings of his Lodge, and no one else has that right. 
The by-laws of a Lodge may require the N.G. to con- 
vene special meetings under certain circumstances, 
but his original powers are not thereby infringed. 
If the N.G. is absent from home or incapacitated from 
acting, and there is emergency, the V.G. has the right 
to act in his place. Further than this there is no 
legal provision, and a Lodge would be obliged to act 
on its best discretion. 111. 1856, 181; III, 162. 

# 264. A Lodge can not dictate the words to be used 
by the N.G. upon any occasion. 111. IV, 467. ■ 

$ 265. No person can officiate as N.G. or V.G. unless 
he has taken the obligation of the office, except that 
the V.G. takes the chair of the N.G. in case of his~ab- 
sence, and the supporters of those officers occupy 
their chairs temporarily, after the opening of the , 
Lodge, in certain cases provided for in the Charge- 
Books. A supporter can not administer an O.B.N. 

111. I, 119, 146-7, 293. 

$ 266. The N.G. of a Lodge always when present at 
its meetings is required to preside, and the V.G. to 
act as N.G. in the absence of that officer; and a N.G., 
or V.G. acting as N.G., has not the right or power to 
waive his right and place a P.G. in the N.G.'s"chair 
during the presence in the Lodge-room of either of 
the first two officers above named; provided that this 
decision is not to be considered as applicable to a 
temporary absence during a portion of a Lodge-meet- 
ing of those officers, in which case the chair must be 
filled as provided in the Charge-Book ; and provided, 



66 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS DIGEST. 

further, that the N.G., or V.G. acting as such, may in- 
vite a P.G. to the chair during initiation or to confer 
degrees, or on occasion of a visitation of Grand Of- 
ficers. But if the V.G. is not in the principal chair 
according to law, the proceedings of the Lodge are 
not thereby made illegal or invalid. 

U.S. 2676,3540,4070,4187. 

I 207. In the absence of the N.< r., it is not only the 
right but the duty of the V.G. to take the N.G.'s 
place and to fulfill all his functions, except as allowed 
or required in \\ 202 and 266; and in the N.G.'s chair 
he wears the N.G.'s regalia. U.S. 1068, 1475. 

\ 268. A Noble Grand desiring to be excused for ab- 
sence should make his excuse to the Lodge; and the 
V.G. should state any questions arising thereupon. 

111. IV, 53. 

g269. The V.G. shall assist the N.G. in presiding in 
the Lodge. He shall a}. point his own supporters, 
and a minority of all committees not otherwise pro- 
vided for, and have -pecial charge of the door, under 
the N.G. While acting as N.G., and then only, he 
can confer degrees. If there is any breach of order 
or decorum which is noticed by the V.G. and not by 
the N.G., the V.G. has the right and duty to call to 
order, using his gavel for the purpose. 

Const. Sub. 111. Ill, 4; 111. I, 302; V. 12. 

£270. In the absence of the V.G. and of all P.Gs. 
and P.V.Gs., the N.G. must appoints Scarlet-Degree 
member to till that chair. But when the V.G. leaves 
his chair temporarily during Lodge-hours, his i:.s. 
fills it; and if the V.G. and all P.Gs. and P.V.Gs. 
are absent from an initiation, the N.G. must act as 
V.G. and P.G. also, as a supporter or pro tern. V.G. 
(unless he is a P. V.G.) can not administer the <>.!'>. N. 
When both N.G. and V.G. are absent, any P.G. may 
take the chair, as determined by majority of the broth- 
ers present and not by any by-law regulation, ami 
may perform all the duties of N.G. and V.G. 

'111. 1854, 07; 1850, 109, 127-8; I, 119; Const Subs. 
Ill, 8. 

\ 271. The Secretary must keep an accurate record 
of J the proceedings of the Lodge. He must write all 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 67 

conmranications, fill up all certificates and cards 
granted by the Lodge ; issue all summonses or notices 
required ; attest to all moneys ordered paid at regular 
meetings, and none other. He must make out at the 
end of his term, for the Grand Lodge, a full return of 
the Lodge during the term, and perform such other 
duties, appertaining to his office, as may be required 
of him by the Lodge and his charge, and have his 
books written up for the Finance Committee within 
twenty-four hours after the last meeting in each 
term; and deliver up to his successor all books, pa- 
pers or other properties belonging to his office ; per- 
form the duties prescribed for Permanent Secretary, 
if none be chosen by the Lodge, and be exempt from 
all dues. Const. Sub. 111. Ill, 5. 

| 272. The officers of subordinates are merely the 
executive agents of those bodies, and have no power 
to use the seal, unless so ordered by the subordinates, 
or in accordance with the positive enactments of the 
several Grand Bodies under whose jurisdiction they 
act, or in the legitimate business of the subordinate, 
where the use of the seal is necessary (U.S. 1318, 
4240). A Secretary, therefore, may affix the seal of 
the Lodge to any document which he is authorized or 
required to certify to by the constitution and by-laws 
of his own Lodge, or by the regulations of this Grand 
Lodge, or of the Grand Lodge of the United States, 
whether the document has been brought before his 
Lodge or not; but he may not use the seal of the 
Lodge in any other case without its special order. 
The seal is to be used by the Secretary only. 

111. 1853,49; IV, 198. 

§ 273. The statements of a Secretary, under the seal 
of his Lodge, in a document not acted upon by his- 
Lodge nor authorized by law, may be received as evi- 
dence, but only as his personal evidence; they can 
not have any official character, nor be received as the 
testimony of the Lodge. The merely official miscon- 
duct of the officer would not necessarily impugn his 
character or his veracity, as his error might arise 
from ignorance of the strict requirements of the law. 

111. 1853; 49. 



68 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

\ 274. The Secretary must immediately send notice 
to the Grand Secretary when any member of his 
Lodge is suspended or expelled. 111. Ill, 91. 

\ 275. The Scribe of an Encampment must furnish to 
the Secretary of each Subordinate Lodge whose mem- 
bers are members of the Encampment a list of such 
members: then it is the duty of each Secretary to 
-advise each Scribe, within a reasonable time, of the 
withdrawal, suspension or expulsion of any member 
of his Lodge who is also a member of the Encampment ; 
and also of the reinstatement of any such. 

U.S. 1250. 

\ 276. Neither Secretary of a Lodge is required by 
.the constitution or by their charges to give notice to 
watchers, unless required to do so by the Lodge. But 
the G.L. has assigned that duty to the Secretary and 
Permanent Secretarv by its legislation and decisions. 
111. 1855,85,96; 111,267,421. 

\ 277. If a brother of the Scarlet Degree in good stand- 
ing desires a certificate of his grade [and standing] 
to enable him to join an Encampment, he is entitled 
to receive the same from the Secretary of the Lodge 
upon application to that officer; and no vote of the 
Lodge is necessarv to authorize the issue of it. 

U.S. 4466. 

j> 278. The Permanent Secretary is elected annually. 
It is his duty to keep just and true accounts between 
the Lodge and its members : enter the charges as they 
become due, credit the amount as paid, giving his 
receipt to the Recording Secretary for all moneys he 
may receive from him, and paying over to the Treas- 
urer all sums in his hands immediately, taking bis 
receipt for the same. As these payments should be 
made immediately, he is highly censurable for any 
neglect which may lead to the necessity of a special 
-ment. He must at the close of each term notify 
all members who are in arrears for thirteen 
dues of the amount due by them to the Lodge: and a 
statement of the accounts of such members posted up 
in the Lodge or ante-room is not a sufficient notifica- 
tion. He must make out for the Lodge a statement 
of all moneys received and paid to the Treasurer; 



ILLIXOIS ODD-FELLOAVS' DIGEST. 69 

have his books written up for the Finance Committee 
within twenty-four hours after the last meeting in 
each term, and deliver up to his successor, at the end 
of his official term, all books, papers, etc., appertaining 
to his office, in his possession. .He is exempt from all 
dues. 

Const. Subs. 111. Ill, 6; 111. 1856, 37 ; IV, 199-200, 240. 
§ 279. A bond may be required of a Permanent Secre- 
tary, the penalties and conditions of which must be 
fixed by by-law, and not fixed from time to time by 
resolution. 111. IV, 467. 

\ 280, a. A Secretary should not pay money to a 
Treasurer who has not been legally installed, with a 
valid bond ; and in case of such illegal installation, the 
Lodge should direct the Secretary not to make such 
payments. 111. IV., 10. 

| 280, b. A Permanent Secretary, becoming satisfied 
that a payment was made to him by a member which 
he has omitted to enter, has a right to enter such pay- 
ment and give credit to the brother for the payment 
as of the date when it was actually made; and if 
a payment made at the earlier date would have 
made the brother entitled to benefits, the Lodge must 
allow the claim. 111. IV, 9, 34, 52, 

\ 281. The Treasurer, prior to his installation in 
office, must give a joint and several bond to the Lodge 
[by its corporate name], with two sureties, to be ap- 
proved by the Lodge, with such penalties and con- 
ditions as from time to time may be prescribed by the 
Lodge. His duties are to keep the funds of the 
Lodge; to pay all orders drawn on him by the N.G-., 
and if not for benefits provided for by these laws 
attested by the Secretary, and none others ; to keep 
a full and correct account of all moneys expended ; to 
give the Lodge a monthly statement of its funds; to 
furnish the Lodge, at the last meeting in the term, 
with a full report of the receipts and disbursements 
of the term, with vouchers ; and to have his books writ- 
ten up for the Finance Committee within twenty- 
four hours after the last meeting in the term; and to 
deliver up, when legally called., upon, all moneys, 
bonds, papers, books etc., belonging to the Lodge, to- 



70 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

his successor in office, or to whom the Lodge mav es- 
pecially appoint, Const. Subs. Ill, 7. 

'i 282. The Trustees of a Lodge are not to be named 
individually in the bond of a Treasurer, a blank for 
which is furnished by the Grand Lodge; nor can the 
amount of the bond be fixed by a by-law. 

111. IV. L 17. 31, 150. 

§ 283. A Treasurer may refuse to pay an order which 
he knows to have been drawn by mistake or fraud, 
until he can report the facts to the Lodge. 

" 111. Ill, 488. 

I 284. The Treasurer, and not the Trustees, is the 
proper custodian, not only of the funds, but of all the 
notes, bonds, etc., belonging to the Lodge. 

111. V, 13. 

§285. A Treasurer's final report is to be presented 
at the last meeting in the term (§ 281); i.e., on the last 
meeting in June or in December. 111. Y, 25. 

§ 286. The Warden's position is in front of the R.S. 
of the Noble Grand, and he can not deliver his charge 
' from any other place without a violation of law. 

U.S. 4716, 4878, 4993. 

I 287. It is not proper or discretionary for the O.G. 
to admit members of his own Lodge to the ante-room 
without the signal, when the Lodge is open. The 
Guardians of the Lodge should recpuire a strict observ- 
ance of the regulations of the Order. 111. 1853, 30. 

§ 288. The representative of a Lodge occupies the 
same position as to his Lodge after election that he 
did before. 111. m 419. 



Chapter XL 

Installations. 

§ 289. The Grand Master must provide for installing 
Lodge officers by himself or deputy : but the necessi- 
ties of the case may require a C.P. or N.G. to install 
his successor, which he may do in the absence of the 
£G.P. or] G. Master or his deputy, and of all [P.C.Ps. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS DIGEST. / 1 

or] Past Grands [and only in case of such absence; 
HI. Illy 486] ; bat the obligations of officers can be 
administered only by those upon whom they have 
been conferred. * U.S. 919, 1246, 1085. 

\ 290. The regular time for installation is the first 
regular meeting in each term ; and if at the proper 
time the Lodge is ready and the regular installing of- 
ficer has failed to attend to the duty, the retiring 
N.€h or any P.G. called thereto by the Lodge may of- 
ficiate as installing officer, without special authority. 
When the Constitution of Subordinates says that of- 
ficers are to be installed at the first meeting in the 
new term, it does not refer only to regular meetings 
of the Lodge, but to any meeting, either regular or 
special, ordered by the Lodge itself, or by an officer 
having competent authority to call a Lodge together. 
Installation may be had at a special meeting; but a 
meeting for that or any other purpose can not be 
called by the Grand Master or his deputy. (See § 263.) 
Const. Sub. 111. IV, 4; III, 8; 111. 18o5, 24, 61 ; 1856, 
113. 

§ 291. In case of a vacancy occurring in any office 
after the regular period of installation, it is not ne- 
cessary to procure special authority from the Grand 
Master or his deputy to install a successor : that duty 
may be performed bv the X.G. or a P.G. 

111. 1855, 25, 26. 

$ 292. A Grand Officer, or Deputy of the Grand 
Master, or a Lodge, may employ a member of a Lodge 
not within the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of 
Illinois, but otherwise qualified, to officiate as in- 
stalling officer. But the Deputy for one Lodge can 
not legally install the officers of another Lodge ex- 
cept bv request of its Deputv. 

111.1,208; 111,321; Const. G.L. 111. IV, 13. 

I 293. Though a Xoble Grand holds office till his 
successor is installed, yet he is subject to penalty if 
he refuses to surrender his chair (or in case of reelec- 
tion, to be reinstalled), when the Lodge is ready for 
installation and desirous of it, and a proper person 
is present for installing officer. 111. Ill, 486. 

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72 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

campments must not be installed, nor furnished with 
the passwords, unless the reports, returns, and mon- 
eys due from such Lodges and Encampments to their 
respective superior jurisdictions, he actually made 
and placed in the hands of the proper officer, or be 
actually in transit to the proper destination. 

rj ^ 9f)4-S 
^20.-). A Deputy Grand Master may not refuse to 
install officers on the ground that the reports of a 
Lodge are incomplete and insufficient because they 
have not been referred to the auditing committee for 
approval, provided they have been accepted by the 
Lodge. II]. 18i 

g 296. The Grand Secretary furnishes to each Lodge 
forits Deputy special blanks for reports of installa- 
tions, which are to be made in duplicate; the blanks 
should be in the Lodge-room at installation, and 
should be filled immediately afterward. ( >ne copy is 
to be sent to the Grand Master and one to the Grand 
Secretary. Special instructions are printed on the 
blanks. 111. is.vz, 190-91 

£297. A Deputy has no right to install an officer 
who is under charges. 

111. IV, 9, and Charge-Book.. 
#298. Officers-elect, having been examined in the 
ante-room, do not address the chairs when they enter 
for installation. U.S. 4992 

I 299. While the Grand Master or his Deputy is con- 
ducting an installation or an election at an installa- 
tion, the X.G. has no right to put a question to the 
Lodge, or to interfere with the proceedings of the 
presiding installing officer. To do so is an act of in- 
subordination. U.S. 4843. 
g 300. A member of a Lodge who is a Grand Officer 
and at an installation is clothed in Grand-Lodge re- 
galia has a right to vote in his Lodge at an election 
held by the installing officer. (See * 256.) 

§ 301. An officer-elect can not be installed bv proxy. 

U.S. 4240. 

g 302. When a N.G. or V.G. elect has been illegal lv 

mstalled previous to have taken the Rebekah Degree', 



ILLIXOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. V 3 

he must immediately take that degree and be rein- 
stalled; failing in which, the office must be declared 
vacant and a new officer elected. 111. Ill, 159. 

§ 303. When a Treasurer-elect appears for installa- 
tion without having had his official bond approved 
by the Lodge, the installing officer should defer the 
installation of such Treasurer until such bond be ap- 
proved, unless the Lodge desire otherwise; in which 
case the installing officer should declare the office 
vacant and order a new election immediately. The 
Lodge can not act upon such bond while the install- 
ing officer is presiding, and such officer can not legal- 
ly install a Treasurer until his official bond has been 
approved by the Lodge. A bond for the term com- 
mencing with January will not answer for the term 
commencing with July, as it is not binding on the 
obligors; and alterations of old official bonds should 
never be allowed. 111. IV, 52. 

§ 304. No installing officer is entitled to compensa- 
tion for installing in his own Lodge or town. The 
installing officer (except the Grand Master or his 
deputy) has no right to grant dispensations, or to 
perform any other act than to proceed regularly with 
the installation according to law. If he be a Deputy, 
his powers are defined by law and his commission. 
{l\ 151, 155.) 111. I, 178; 1857, 191. 

§ 305. The forms and ceremonies for the Public In- 
stallation of Officers, as prepared by the Grand Lodge 
of the United States (U.S. 2971), are accepted and 
adopted by the Grand Lodge of Illinois; and the sub- 
ordinates of this jurisdiction are authorized, at their 
option, to make public all installations of officers in 
their several Lodges, in strict conformity with the re- 
quirements of such forms and ceremonies. The 
Grand Lodge of Illinois suggests to Lodges to hold 
their January installation in public, as a means of 
influence beneficial to the Order. 

111. Ill, 93; V, 39. 

\ 306. The ceremony of public installation must be 
conducted by an elective Grand Officer, or by a Dep- 
uty of the Grand Master; and if any controversy 
arise between an elective Grand Officer and a District 



74 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

Deputy Grand Master as to which shall conduct such 
installation, the elective Grand Officer, being supe- 
rior in rank, must have precedence. U.S. 2971, 3031. 
$307. There is no law against installing officers 
of Subordinate Lodges in any suitable hall out- 
side of the Lodge-room, provided the form of public 
installation is used. Public installations should be 
held in the Lodge-room, on the first regular meeting- 
night of the term ; but may be held in another hall 
in the immediate vicinity, and at another time, if 
thought advisable by the Lodge. 

U.S. 4992; 111. Ill, 157. 



Chapter XII. 
Past Officers and Past-Official Degrees, 

§ 308. A Grand Lodge may not abridge the privi- 
leges pertaining to the rank of Past Grands, viz., their 
right to past-official degrees, eligibility to office, pre- 
cedence belonging to their grade, privilege of attend- 
ing the meetings of their Grand Lodge, and the right 
to vote for Grand Officers; and Past Grands, having 
certain rights and privileges by the fundamental laws 
of the Order, can not surrender them to any body in 
the Order. They may fail to use these, but their 
rights remain to them. (See \\ 34. 37.) 

U.S. Digest of 1847, p. 43; U.S. 1084, 1119. 1120, 
1289, 1321. 

§309. For services in the offices of X.G., Y.G., and 
Secretary, but not for service as Per. Secretary, de- 
grees termed Past-Official are given without fee. 
They are given only (except as in \ 313) for actual 
service for the majority of nights of a term ending 
with the close of a term, or for service filling a va- 
cancy ending with the close of a term ; for the honors 
of office go to the last incumbent in any term, how- 
ever short the remnant of a term for which he fills 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS 7 DIGEST. 7o 

it. Hence, an officer who resigns loses honors and 
the degree. 

U.S. Digest of 1847, 43, 14, 50; By-Laws U.S. 
XXIII; U.S. 1245, 1613, 1901. 

[On the early use of the P.O. Degrees and the G.L. Degree, see 
2 556.] 

§ 310. Past-Official Degrees are rewards for services 
in offices of subordinates, and may be conferred at 
any proper time and place upon those who have 
earned them and produce proper certificates. Grand 
Lodges may authorize D.D.G. Masters to confer them 
-at any time, or may otherwise direct. Lodges give 
the certificates of service without vote. Any Grand 
Lodge may confer the G.L. and P.O. Degrees" upon a 
Past Grand of another jurisdiction, upon his present- 
ing a visiting card from his own Lodge and a certifi- 
cate of his own Grand Master and G. Secretary, un- 
der seal, showing that he is entitled to them. A 
Giand Master of one state may confer the P.O. De- 
grees on a P.G. of another state, upon the written re- 
quest of his Grand Master, accompanied by the con- 
sent of his Grand Lodge. 

U.S. 2134, 1091, 1901-2, 3359, 4367, 2308. 

§ 311. The Grand-Lodge Degree, since it can be used 
only at a session of the Grand Lodge and thus draws 
after it actual membership, may not be conferred 
elsewhere than at a session of a Grand Lodge (§45); 
thus it does not follow the rule of the P.O. Degrees, 
though conferred only on Past Officers. 

U.S. 1091, 2135, 4838. 

§ 312. In Illinois a Past Officer may receive the P.O. 
Degrees to which he is entitled (but not the Grand- 
Lodge Degree, § 311) from the Deputy Grand Master of 
his Lodge, upon presentation of a certificate of service 
from the Lodge, at any proper time and place ; and 
when any Deputy Grand Master is not in possession 
of all the P.O. Degrees, he may authorize any P.G. in 
his Lodge, or any adjacent Deputy Grand Master 
having those in which he may be deficient, to confer 
them. The Past Officer has the honors and may ob- 
tain the degree of his office as soon as he has finished 
his term. The Past N.G. need not wait a term as 
sitting P.G. 111. 1855, 62, 77 ; I, 251. 



76 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

I 313. The first N.G. of a new or revived Lodge, or 
one who has served his term as N.G. upon being 
elected from the Scarlet Degree hv dispensation, is 
entitled to the P.O. Degrees of P. V.G. and Past Se'c'y 
without actual service: and the first V.G. of a new 
or revived Lodge, or a V.G. chosen such without pre- 
vious service, by dispensation, is entitled in like 
manner to the Degree of Past Secretarv. 

U.S. ins;;. 1266,2661. 

§314. A V.G. who is promoted to the N.G.'s chair 
to fill a vacancy is not entitled to the Detrree of P.V.G., 
unless he is thus promoted in the first term of a new 
or revived I. UP j 251. 

§315. A brother can not be recognized as a P.G. 
unless he produces proof that he has attained that 
rank. [But see \ 539 for an exception to this rule as 
to a visit ins brother.] -. 410. 

§316. The posses-ion of a P.O. Degree is legal' evi- 
dence of bavin- passed the office to which it pertains. 
A brother who once passes an office in any Lodge 
carries with him to any other Lodge he may after- 
ward join all the official honors he may have earned. 
A P.Y.G. of one Lodge is eligible to the chair of N.G. 
of any other Lodge of which he may become a mem- 
ber, if he has evidence of such service, and is eligible 
over all who have not such evidence. 

111. 1854, 7. 53 : III. 161. 

g 317. The Junior Past Grand < g 217), although not 
an officer, has the duty of occupying in bis Lodge 
the chair of Past Grand for one term and of deliver- 
ing the Past Grand's charge at initiation-. 

1 S 3512 

§318. Twenty-six meetings of the Subordinate 
Lodge, whether held weekly or at longer periods, are 
required to constitute a full term ; 'but if circum- 
stances over which the Lodge can exercise no control 
shall occur, by which the meetings can not be held, 
the Junior Past Grand should not from that fact 
alone be disqualified from admission into his Grand 
Lodge. If. however, the meetings of a Lodge are 
pended by its own seeking or application, for c, 
over which it could exercise control, and the Lodge 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 77 

fails to comply with the requisites of the law, the of- 
ficers of the Lodge for the term would therefore prop- 
erly be deprived of their Past-Official Degrees. The 
dispensation of the Grand Lodge or Grand Master 
could have no effect on the result. U.S. 2781. 

*-;;;.* Concerning the rights of Past Officers to mem- 
bership in Grand Bodies, and their privileges therein, 
see Chapter II (especially #£ 34, 37), and $308: con- 
cerning their rights and powers in their Subordinate 
Lodges, see Chapters VI, VIII, IX, and X. 



Chapter XIII. 

Membership : including Qualifications, Course of Action 
on Propositions, Ballots, Initiations, and Admissions. 

§ 319. Membership is acquired primarily by initia- 
tion into a Lodge; and membership in good standing 
in a Subordinate Lodge in good standing is a pre- 
requisite for membership in any Encampment or 
Grand Body. Good standing (§ 913) denotes freedom 
from pending charges and from disability arising from 
indebtedness to the Lodge. Membership is totally 
lost by expulsion, or by resignation of it. Member- 
ship in a Lodge is lost by taking a withdrawal card, 
and ceases as soon as the card is voted by the Lsdge ; 
but taking such card does not end membership in the 
■Order until one year from its date ; during that period 
■the holder of a card has a quasi membership, by vir- 
tue of which he is considered in good standing, can 
visit Lbdges,-join in formation of a new Lodge, or re- 
new active membership by deposit of the card; and 
he is responsible for good conduct. 

U.S. 497, 811, 1722, 1734, 2561; U.S. Dig. of 1847, 52. 

§ 320. Honorary membership in the Order is not 
allowed; nor can a person hold membership at the 
same time in two Subordinate Lodges or Encamp- 
ments, or in two Grand Lodges or Encampments. 
Hence, a person suspended by one Lodge can not join 
another, as he is still a member of a Lodge ($ 321), 



78 ILLIXOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

though deprived of certain privileges: and if a Lodge 
becomes defunct, its members can not join other 
Lodges until they obtain cards from their Grand 
Lodge, or are admitted in accordance with \ 744. 

9on , CT.S. 285, 811, 1502. 

I 321. A member of the Order suspended or expelled 
from a Lodge or Encampment in one jurisdiction may 
not be admitted to membership in a Lodge or En- 
campment in another jurisdiction without the pre- 
viously-obtained consent of the Lodge or Encamp- 
ment from which he is suspended or expelled 'For 
the provisional exceptions to this law, as adopted in 
1857 and 1865, see \\ 736, 737.) 

Const. U.S. XVI, 4; U.S. 1885; 3 744, clauses 6 
and 8. 

§322. Tbe initiation of persons as non-beneficial 
members has been repeatedly rejected by the G.L D 8 
If a person is initiated under agreement not to claim 
or receive benefits, the agreement is void, and he is 
entitled to benefits on the same terms as other in- 
itiates. CT.S. 4916 

I i 323. Whether a person who is over fifty years old 
holding a card less than one year old can be admitted 
to membership, is matter for local legislation. Non- 
affiliated Odd-Fellows who have been regularly initiat- 
ed in the Order, and have retained membership 
therein for at least ten consecutive years, and who 
at the time of making application for reinstatement 
or membership, shall be over fifty years of age, may 
be admitted to membership in any Lodge or Encamp- 
ment as non-beneficial members, upon such terms 
as the local law may prescribe. (£? 381 . 

?oo, vr • U.S. 4375, 4884. 

96/A. Wo person is eligible to membership in any 

Subordinate Lodge except he be a free white male of 
good moral character, of the age of twentv-one years 
and a believer in a Supreme Being, the Creator and 
Preserver of the Universe. A candidate may not be 
refused for any religious belief, even if called an in- 
fidel, if he be not an atheist. Xo ultimate age is set 
by the general laws as a disqualification for member- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 79 

ship, nor is any dispensation required for admission 
of persons over fortv-five. 

Const. U.S. XVI, 2; U.S. 1246, 1503, 2131. 

[Iu Australia, New Zealand, and other countries not on the 
continent of North America, the qualification as to age is left to 
the local legislation of Grand Lodges.— Const. U.S. XVI, 2, as 
amended in 1871, p. 5169.] 

§325. The term 'free white males' in the preced- 
ing section excludes all who are not of the Caucasian 
race ; thus not onh r negroes, but Indians, half-breeds, 
Chinese, and Polynesians. 

U.S. 1082, 1101; 1400,1502; 2952. 

I 326. The R.W. Grand Lodge of the United States 
having decided by her Constitution the necessary 
qualifications for membership in the Order, no Grand. 
Body has the right to change the same. U.S. 4070. 

§ 327. The term candidate applies to an applicant for 
admission by card, as well as to one asking for initia- 
tion. U.S. 4158. 

I 328. An applicant for membership must be of in- 
dustrious habits, having some respectable known 
means of support, and exempt from all infirmities 
which may prevent his gaining a livelihood. A man 
who has a wife of well-known immoral character is 
not fit to become a member of the Order. By-laws 
may not prohibit application for membership on ac- 
count of age, though Lodges may reject at discretion. 
No limit of age is fixed by the Grand Lodge, nor dis- 
pensation required for admission of persons over 
forty-five. 

Const. Subs. II, 1; 111. IV, 274; 1856, 118, 216. 

§ 329. Persons who are blind, deaf, or dumb, are not 
admissible into the Order by initiation, as they are 
incapable of reciprocating the means of recognition, 
etc. U.S. 1470. (Law of 1849. See next section.) 

£ 330. The eligibility to membership by initiation 
of persons who have lost a limb is referred to the ju- 
risdiction and disposal of the subordinates to which 
admission is asked. Law of 1868, U.S. 4385. 

[Under the principle of I 329, it was decided in 1864 that any 
physical deformity having the effect therein named is a disqual- 
ification for admission by initiation ( U.S. 3621) ; then in 1867 it 
Avas specified ( U.S. 4070) that the loss of an arm is a disqualifica- 
tion. The history and reason of the rules were reviewed in 1868, 



80 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

and the above adopted. In Illinois, in 1858, the following case and 
action occurred. An elected candidate, prior to time lor initia- 
tion, lost a large part of one hand. In this case the Grand Mas- 
ter decided that if the applicant was not so disabled as to prevent 
his using some of the means by which we make ourselves known 
to each other, provided his occupation be such that he could earn 
a livelihood for himself, the Lodge could, and good faith required 
that it should, proceed with his initiation, notwithstanding its 
abstract right to refuse. ( III. III. 25. 1 In 1867, the prohibition of 
initiation of a person who had lost an arm was made by decision 
of the Grand Master, approved III. I V, 12s. .] 

£ 331. Grand or Subordinate Lodges are empowered 
to receive into membership, by initiation, persona 
who retain membership in the Manchester Unity of 

Odd-Fellow>. U.S. 3592. 

Before the above law was adopted in 1863, a person having 
membership in the M.U.O.F. was obliged to withdraw from it if 
he wished to join the I.O.O.F. ; and members of the I.O.O.F. are 
not by any law authorized to join the Manchester Unity; but all 
prohibitory laws and decisions are of earlier date than the law 
given above. At the same session of the G.L.U.S. the decision 
had been approved that '• Members of the I.O.O.F. can not unite 
with the M.U. or any other organization of ' Udd-Fel!ows ' with- 
out severing their connection with the Order and violating the 
primary duty they owe to Odd Fellowship." U.S. 1U70, 1074, 3513. 
So the G.L. 111. decided in 1856 (pp. 21. 22, that a member of the 
Order who should join the M.U. mutt be expelled.] 

^ 882. Xo Subordinate Lodge iji this state may ad- 
mit to membership, by initiation or by deposit of 
card, persons residing nearer to another Lodge with- 
out the consent, under seal, of such Lodge first ob- 
tained, except in cities or towns where there may be 
more than one Lodge, under penalty of the forfeiture 
of the initiation or admission fee, as the case may be, 
to such nearer Lodge. In computing distance, Lodges 
should take into consideration all the facts as to con- 
venience of travel, business, voting-precincts, and 
other concomitant circumstances, thus in some 
making the remote Loda:e the nearest for the appli- 
cant. By-Laws 111. II, 13; 111. Ill, 99, 106, 548. 

>/_ 333. A Gorman who resides between a Lodge using 
the English language and a Lodge using the German 
language, but nearest the former, can not, on account 
of his language, join the latter without leave asked 
and obtained of the former. 111. IV, 10. 

\ 334. The question where an applicant for mem- 
bership resides is to be determined by such consider- 
ations as prevail in ordinary business or social rela- 



ILLINOIS ODD-EELLCJWS' DIGEST. 81 

tions ; as, the place of employment, the having of one's 
chattels, and, in case of a married man, the habitation 
of his family ; and the absence of evidence of inten- 
tion to go elsewhere for a home. A temporary resi- 
dence of one whose home is under a foreign power or 
in another jurisdiction will not warrant his admiss- 
ion. U.S. 1840, 24S2. 

I 335. A candidate for membership in the Order, 
who has been elected in a Lodge where he resides, can 
not be initiated in a Lodge located where he may 
have a temporary residence, upon the request of the 
Lodge electing him ; but all initiations must take 
place in the Lodge in which the applicant is elected. 

U.S. 3739. 

\ 336. No person may be initiated into any Lodge in 
Illinois unless he shall have been a resident within 
its jurisdiction as required by §§ 332. 334. at least six 
months before his application, unless one or more 
brothers of the Order have known him personally and 
can satisfy the Lodge that he is a true and worthy 
man; in that case he can be admitted without six 
months' residence. And if deception is practiced, 
the Lodge should remember it when degrees are ap- 
plied for. 111.1.214,284. 

\ 337. A Grand Lodge has no right to require a resi- 
dence for any definite period before a brother can de- 
posit a withdrawal card from a sister jurisdiction. A 
law of such a character is in direct violation of our 
principles. U.S. 4070. 

^ 338. Xo person residing in one state can be ad- 
mitted into a Lodge or Encampment in another state, 
either by initiation or by card, unless consent first be 
had in full form from the Grand Master or Grand 
Patriarch of the jurisdiction in which he resides : up- 
on such consent he may be admitted into the Lodge 
or Encampment most conveniently near t< i him. Any 
subordinate violating this law must, upon conviction 
before its own Grand Body, pay to the Grand Body 
of the jurisdiction in which the applicant resides all 
admission and degree fees previously received. And 
when legallv admitted, the member's rights and priv- 
et 



82 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

ileges are the same as if his membership and residence 
were in the same jurisdiction. 

U.S. Const. XVI, 3; U.S. 2560, 2672, 2817. (S< 

g339. A Deputy of the G. Master has no power to 
allow by dispensation a person to be initiated into a 
Lodge when there is another Lodge nearer his resi- 
dence. U.S. 1280. 

§340. A Lodge initiating [without permission] a 
member who resides under the jurisdiction of anoth- 
er Lodge is bound to refund the initiation fee only, 
and not the fees for conferring the degrees on the 
member so initiated. [But if the member so initiated 
is resident in another state jurisdiction, the degree 
fees must be repaid : § 338.] 111. V, 13. 

§ 341. A Lodge is not obliged to admit to member- 
ship an applicant by card ; his application is judged 
of by the Lodge, and decided upon by ballot. A 
withdrawal card may be received with application for 
membership even if the Lodge granting it has become 
defunct, or been suspended or expelled, since issue of 
it. A card from the Manchester Unity or from any 
other Order does not entitle its holder to recognition 
and admission. Nor does the card of one branch of 
the Order (Lodge or Encampment) authorize admiss- 
ion into the other. U.S. 678, 1074. 1150, 147o. 

I 342. In renewing membership by the deposit of a 
withdrawal card, the holder may make the deposit in 
any Lodge located at the place of bis residence: but 
if there be no Lodge at the place where he resides, he 
must deposit the card in the Lodge nearest Ins resi- 
dence, unless there be several nearly equidistant, in 
which case be may select either; ami under these cir- 
cumstances he may make the deposit in an adjacent 
state, provided he obtain the consent of his own ju- 
risdiction. U.S. 1249, 1449. 

§ 343. A member may not take a withdrawal card 
from his own Lodge near which he resides and ex- 
pects to continue to reside, and deposit it in another 
and remote Lodge, except for the purpose of organ- 
izing a new Lodge. 111. III. 158. 

§344. The N.G. should examine an applicant for 
admission by card, unless he has been previously ex- 



ILLIXOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 83 

amined by a committee, and see that he is in possess- 
ion of the A.T.P.W., which is essential: he can be 
admitted only as an Ancient Odd-Fellow if without it. 
U.S. 2167, 2479; 111. 1856, 21.. 

[In 1853 the G.L.TJ.S. decided that possession of the A.T. 
P.W is not essential: in 1861, interpreting its By-Laws, Art. 
XIV, it decided that the by-law refers only to depositing a card 
for visiting purposes, and that the P.W. is not essential for obtain- 
ing membership : in I8fi2 it decided that the by-law clearly indi- 
cates that a brother should be in possession of the A.T.P.W. to 
acquire membership. See its Journal, 2147, S354, 3479, and the By- 
law XIV. The last decision is taken as the law, above ] 

\ 315. There is no law requiring a brother obtaining 
membership in a Lodge by deposit of card, as a char- 
ter member or otherwise, to make known his bodilv 
defects. 111. I, 119. 

£ 346. When a person who has taken a withdrawal 
card wishes to rejoin the Lodge from which he drew it,. 
he must apply in the regular way ; and the Lodge can 
not vary from the usual course of proceeding, just as 
if he were a stranger. U.S. 3182. 

§ 347. Persons claiming to have been members of 
the Order, but who are unable to establish satisfac- 
torily their claims, can only be readmitted by initia- 
tion. Any such person is required to set forth in his 
petition for membership that he has never been sus- 
pended or expelled from any Lodge, and that he is ; 
unable to obtain evidence of his former connection 
with the Order. (See \ 349 for explanation of 'satis- 
factorily ' . ) U. S. 1921, 1956, 1992. 

£ 348. Such petition as that required in the forego- 
ing section in effect renounces all claim to connection 
with the Order; and the applicant must proceed for- 
ward anew, the same as if he had never been an Odd- 
Fell ow. 111. Ill, 420, 443. 

$349. Satisfactory evidence of former connection 
with the Order, within the meaning of the law, must 
come from the Lodge of which the brother was for- 
merly a member, or, in the event of such evidence 
being inaccessible by reason of its being defunct or 
otherwise, then from the Grand Body under whose 
jurisdiction the subordinate existed. And should 
neither of these be accessible or obtainable, then such 
evidence shall be regulated for each of the State 



S4 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

Grand Jurisdictions by the Grand Bodies thereof. 
Should the applicant fail to meet these requirements, 
he may then make petition for admission into the 
Order by initiation, as prescribed by existing law. 
(See U 347, 350,) U.S. 3968. 

§ 350. An Ancient Odd-Fellow is one who has been 
regularly initiated into the Order and retired there- 
from in good standing, either by taking his perma- 
nent or withdrawal card, or by resignation [and who 
holds his expired card or other evidence of having 
left the Order in good standing]. If he retired by 
resignation, he at once became an Ancient Odd- 
Fellow ; and if by taking a permanent card, he be- 
came so at the expiration of one year from the date 
of his card. An Ancient Odd-Fellow holding his 
card may be allowed to renew his membership by the 
deposit of said card in a Lodge at the place of his resi- 
dence, subject to the payment of such fee as the local 
law may require. If he has not his card, or with- 
drew by resignation, he may be admitted as an An- 
cient Odd-Fellow on passing a thorough and satisfac- 
tory examination in the work, and takes whatever 
rank he proves himself to have had. An Ancient 
Odd-Fellow is not to be reinitiated, if able to prove 
himself such. The Lodge, on report of the examin- 
ing committee, will determine his rank and standing. 
U.S. 1841, 1921, 1992, 2859, 3621. 

\ 351. When the charter of a Lodge has been sur- 
rendered, and it has been restored to a quorum or 
more of the members, the revived Lodge may admit 
to membership any persons who were or had been in 
membership at the time of its dissolution, as follows: 

First. If they were in good standing at the time of 
dissolution, the Lodge may admit them as Ancient 
Odd-Fellows, upon the payment of such fee as in 
each case may be determined by the Lodge. 

Second. If they were not in good standing by reason 
of non-payment, or of dropping, suspension or ex- 
pulsion therefor, the Lodge may restore them to good 
.standing on the same terms assisting laws provide 
for others in like disability, and may then admit 
them as Ancient Odd-Fellows, as above. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOAVS' DIGEST. 85 

Third. If they had lost their good standing by sus- 
pension or expulsion for other causes, the Lodge may 
refer the case to the Grand Master, as in case of other 
applications for reinstatement. 111. Ill, 513. 

§ 352. Persons who have lost membership by sus- 
pension, dropping or expulsion for non-payment of 
dues can be readmitted to membership upon obtaining 
evidence of former connection with the Order. On 
this subject see Chapter XXV; and especially %$ 353, 
354, 347, 348, 349, and 744. 

\ 353. A member of an extinct Lodge who did not 
regularly withdraw therefrom prior to its extinction 
can be admitted to membership only upon the present- 
ation of a card [or dismissal certificate, § 744] from 
the officers of the Grand Lodge under which the de- 
funct Lodge formerly existed. A brother who has 
been expelled for non-payment of dues or crime, from 
a Lodge which subsequently became extinct, can 
only regain membership in the Order through the 
Grand Lodge to which the Lodge h^belongecl to was 
subordinate ; and this rule applies to the Patriarchal 
branch of the Order. U.S. 3621, 3823, 3350 3471. 

I 354. A certificate from the Secretary of a State 
Grand Lodge, who becomes the custodian of the char- 
ter, books, papers, etc., of extinct subordinates, setting 
forth the actual standing of a member of a Lodge at 
the time of its demise, is competent evidence for 
subordinates in their action upon the application of 
a member of a defunct Lodge for readmission into 
the Order. U.S. 2739. 

§ 355. The name of a person offered for initiation 
must be proposed by a member, in writing, stating 
his age, residence, and business, with good reference. 
The proposition must be entered upon the records 
and referred to the Committee of Investigation ($ 226). 
The holder of a withdrawal card or a dismissal cer- 
tificate (# 744) wishing to join a Lodge makes applica- 
tion in the same way, sending his card or certificate 
with the petition. By usage, the admission or initia- 
tion fee accompanies the proposition. A proposition 
becomes the property of the Lodge as soon as it is in 



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the hands of the Secretary, and without a vote to re- 
ceive it, It can be received only at a regular meeting. 
Const. Subs. II. 2, 3; 111. 1856, 24; III, 24; IV, 154. 

§ 356. It is not right to bring the name of a man be- 
fore a Lodge and discuss his character before his peti- 
tion is regularly presented. 111. V, 13. 

\ 357. A proposition for membership may he with- 
drawn, if the Lodge consents, at any time before the 
committee reports thereon, but not after a report, 
even if that be recommitted. U.S. 1150. 

\ 358. A proposition may not be withdrawn with- 
out the consent of the Lodge. (§§ 65, 357.) If a prop- 
osition be withdrawn [or if a candidate be rejected], 
the admission fee is returned to the applicant. 
Const, Subs. II. 2; 111. LS 

\ 359. An election to membership on a card sent in 
without petition or fee is informal and invalid, an 
entire nullity; no committee should have been 
appointed on such verbal application. But it a mem- 
ber is admitted and consummates membership by sign- 
ing the constitution, his membership is valid, des- 
pite the informality. (See \ 371.) 

111. 1856,24; 111,70. 

£ 360. An Investigating Committee on a proposi- 
tion must be a special committee, never a standing 
one: the members must make such investigation as 
is necessary to enable them to report properly on the 
qualifications of the candidate. The N.G. must not 
be a member of it. They can not report until the 
next regular meeting after appointment, unless un- 
der special dispensation (§ 105) for the purpose of in- 
itiating on the same evening. A majority of the 
committee is necessary to make a report: and if a 
part or all of the original committee is displaced for 
failing to report, and new members are appointed, 
they can not report until one week after the appoint- 
ment of a majoritv, except under dispensation. 

111. 1853, 30; 1856, 37; 1857, 164; III, 420. 

§ 361. It is not proper to ballot collectively on two 
or more applications. Each member has a right to 
deposit his ballot upon each individual application. 
(See §562.) ' U.S. 2700. 



ILLIXOIS ODD-FELLOAYS' DIGEST. 87 

g 362. A Lodge must ballot on every proposition for 
membership reported on (whether favorably or un- 
favorably, U.S. 3836); and no person can be either 
elected or rejected unless by ballot in due form. The 
word 'may', in Art. II, Sec. 2, of the Constitution of 
Subordinates, has reference to the time of balloting, 
allowing the Lodge to ballot immediately or at a sub- 
sequent meeting, at pleasure. One white ball, or 
three black ones, constitute a lawful ballot. The bal- 
lot is examined by the X.G. and his R.S., and de- 
clared by the X.G. If more than two black balls are 
found in the ballot-box, the candidate is rejected; 
but if only two are found to be black, the remainder 
being white, he is elected. 

Const. Subs. II, 2; 111. I, 147;. 1855, 60; 1856, 20, 
118 ; III, 159. 

£ 363. That a brother may conceal or expose the 
character of his ballot-vote at pleasure is not the law 
of the Order. A ball ballot is a secret vote, and as it 
is a brother's right to vote a secret ball ballot, if all 
the other brothers who may vote upon a ballot have 
a right to show their votes, the secrecy of the ballot is 
necessarily destroyed. To endeavor to discover how 
a brother has voted upon a secret ballot for the pur- 
pose of bringing odium upon him is an offense of it- 
self ; to permit a showing of the votes of any would 
allow that to be done by indirection which is direct- 
ly forbidden. So a local law may not require a mem- 
ber who has cast the single black ball appearing in a 
ballot to state his objections in private to the X.G. 

U.S. 5194, 3836. 

§364. "When a ballot is had, if the X.G. has any 
reason to suspect error or mistake, he may, before de- 
claring the result, state that he fears there is error, 
and order the vote taken again for surety; but when 
the result is once declared, the ballot may not be 
again held (except as provided for in the next sec- 
tion), unless error or fraud be clearly established. 
In such case there is no reconsideration of a ballot ; the 
first one must be declared void, when of course the 
second one is in order. "And if this be done, it must 
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that it will be called up at a regular meeting then 
named. 111. 1856, 20, 44. 

"Prior to 1857, the law of the G.L.U.S. was that "a hallot can 
not under any circumstances be reconsidered, but roust stand as 
a final judgment," except as set aside for fraud. (Iri 1852, U.S. 

l£s<>. in one ease the G.L. 111. trave a decision contrary to this 
Kill. 7, 286-7, 2«mji ; but it is abundantly overruled.] 

15. In ease of doubt arising upon a ballot with 

reasonable -round of suspicion of official error, which 
doubt and suspicion is not declared until after the of- 
ficial declaration of the result of the ballot, the ballot 
should be reexamined, if the balls have not been 
mixed; otherwise, a new ballot should be had at 
once, not as a reconsideration, but for correction of 
an alleged error. 111. IV, 127. 

g 366. It is competent for a majority of a Subordin- 
ate Lodge, but not for an officer alone, to order a 
new hallot when an election is either fraudulent or 
illegal; but where the election is favorable, such or- 
der must be made previous to the applicant's initia- 
tion. The ordering of the new ballot in such case 
necessarily involves the abrogation of the former bal- 
lot. U.S. 5193. 

[See in \ 370 cases requiring majority of two-thirds to annul. A 
case where there was suspicion of fraud in use of two names by 
one man was held to authorize annulment by majoritv.— III. 
V, 23.] 

$367. Where all the brothers who may cast black 
balls against an applicant for membership voluntari- 
ly make a motion for a reconsideration of the ballot, 
the same may be reconsidered, and in such case the 
vote on the reconsideration shall be taken by ball 
ballots, and if all the balls cast be in favor of it, the,; 
reconsideration shall be had; whereupon the appli- 
cation shall lie over till the succeeding meeting, when 
another ballot shall be had with ball ballots, and if 
the same be unanimously in favor of the applicant, he 
shall thereby be elected ; but if one or more black 
balls appear in either ballot, the applicant shall be 
rejected ; and in no case shall a reconsideration be had 
except upon the voluntary motion of all those who 
cast the black balls; and never more than one recon- 
sideration in the same case shall be allowed; and the- 



ILLIXOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 89 

reconsideration must be had within the four meeting- 
nights next succeeding the rejection. A Grand 
Lodge may not allow further ballot or reconsidera- 
tion! U.S. 2773, 2792, 4365, 4070. 

I 368. When a candidate has been declared rejected 
on ballot, a brother who cast a black ball has no right 
on the next meeting to change his ballot, when no 
error or fraud is alleged: and when a record shows 
that a candidate was rejected, it can not be altered at 
the next meeting to allow a brother to change his 
vote. 111. Ill, 483. 

| 369. When a balloting has been declared null and 
void, the proposition, together with the report there- 
on of the Committee of Investigation, and the action 
of the Lodge receiving such report and ordering a 
balloting, are before the Lodge, and nothing remains 
to be done except to ballot anew. U.S. 2808. 

§ 370. In all cases where a candidate for member- 
ship has been elected, but subsequent to his election 
and prior to his initiation the Lodge shall become 
satisfied that he is unworthy, it is competent for the 
Lodge to annul such election, and declare it void, by 
a majority of two-thirds of the members present. 
(See # 366 for law of annulment in some cases by 
majority vote.) U.S. 2310, 2346. 

$ 371. 'if an eligible or even an unworthy candidate 
be illegally elected to membership and illegally in- 
itiated through fault of the Lodge, such illegality 
does not invalidate the election or initiation. Mak- 
ing the initiation void would release the initiate from 
his obligation of secrecy. The same rule governs il- 
legal or irregular admission by card, and the initia- 
tion of one who is under age. If an applicant has 
been guilty of fraud, he can be punished, even ex- 
pelled. Any initiation made by a suspended or ex- 
pelled Lodge, however, is null and void, and can not 
te healed by an act of a Grand Lodge. 

U.S. 1391, 2146, 3234. 

% 372. When a candidate presents himself for ad- 
mission upon notice that he has been elected, he can 
not be examined as to his health, or in any other 
way than is prescribed in the charge-book, except 



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that a member elected upon card should be examined 
in the A.T.P.W. according to £344. No part of the 
initiatory ceremony should be omitted, nor may any 
addition or variation be made. U.S. 2146-7. 

'^ 373. A person is not a member by virtue of his 
election merely; initiation, or introduction by the 
committee, and signing the constitution, and pledge 
to support the constitution and laws, are necessary 
to consummate membership. A person admitted hut 
failing to sign the constitution, yet acting for some 
considerable time as a member, must be considered a 
member: if dropped, he can not claim his payments 
back, and to regain membership must be reinstated 
regularly. 111. I, 254: 1850, 24; V, 14. 

§374. Xo ceremony of introduction on admission 
by card has been prescribed; but the member should 
be introduced by a committee. 

111. 1856, 19, 24. (See Appendix for a convenient 
form. ) 

\ 375. When a brother applies for membership on 
deposit of card, and is elected and signs the constitu- 
tion, his card should remain in the Lodge. So, also, 
if the local law date membership from the time of 
the applicant's election, the card should then remain 
in the Lodge after election; and the applicant can 
not demand its return, whether he signs the consti- 
tution or not. But if the local law date membership 
from the time of signing the constitution, the brother- 
elect who fails to appear and sign the same may de- 
mand the return of his card, because until he signs 
the constitution he is not a member of the Lodge. 

U.S. 4860. 

§ 376. The Lodge, and not the X.G.. has the power 
of determining the time of an initiation, and can 
postpone it at pleasure; and should any thing occur 
after the ballot, and before the initiation, which can 
operate as a reason why the applicant should not be 
admitted, the initiation need not take place. Candi- 
dates can always he initiated upon the night of their 
election. 111. I, 291; 1857, 151. 

\ 377. If. after the election of a candidate, but be- 
fore initiation, he becomes disabled by accident, so 



ILLIXOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 91 

as to become incapacitated for business and likely to 
become a burden and cbarge upon the Lodge, it may 
from time to time postpone the initiation, and at dis- 
cretion annul the election, by a majority of two- 
thirds of the members present. 111. Ill, 486, 

\ 378. The power of a Lodge to determine the time 
of an initiation and to postpone it at pleasure (§ 376) 
is not to be used arbitrarily nor with a view of alto- 
gether preventing the initiation, except when the 
election is annulled, as provided in £ 370. 

111. III. 4-4. 

\ 379. The initiation of a candidate is complete (fin- 
ished) onlv when he has been introduced to the Lodge. 

U.S. 4992. 

§380. When a candidate has been rejected, notice 
thereof must be sent without delay to all the Lodges 
in the same place; and no rejected person can be 
again balloted for in any Lodge for the space of six 
months. Const. Subs. II, 5. 

\ 381. In Illinois, Lodges and Encampments may 
admit to membership and to all its rights and privi- 
leges except the right to benefits, and subject to all 
obligations and penalties, such members of defunct 
Lodges or Encampments as were, at the time of the 
extinction of their Lodges or Camps, in good stand- 
ing therein, but whom it is not deemed advisable to 
admit to beneficial membership on account of ad- 
vanced age. A petition for such membership must 
be upon card or the regular certificate from the Grand 
Officers of the defunct body. (See the U.S. law noted 
above, '</ 323 : see also next section. J 

111. Ill, 517; G.E. Jour. 1S64. 217. 

§ 382. (1) Any person who has been regularly ini- 
tiated into the Order, and retained membership 
therein for at least ten consecutive years, and who 
may have lost his membership by resignation from 
the Order or expiration of withdrawal card — or who 
may have lost membership in another jurisdiction on 
account of non-payment of dues, and may be entitled 
to admission in Illinois under regulations of the 
Grand Lodge of the United States,— and who may be 



92 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLCAYS' DIGEST. 

over fifty years of age, may be admitted to member- 
ship in this Lodge as a non-beneficial member. 

_' Such person must make application in writing, 
stating age. residence and occupation, and the same 
must be referred to a committee for investigation, 
and shall be disposed of by ballot, etc., in all respects 
as other applications for membership under the Sub- 
ordinate Constitution ; and, if elected, such person 
shall pay an admission fee of not less than five dol- 
lars. 

Any person who may have been in member- 
ship in the Order for ten consecutive years, and there- 
after have lost his standing in a Lodge in Illinois by 
suspension, expulsion or dropping for non-payment I 
of dues, and who may be over fifty years of age. may 
be reinstated in the same Lodge in membership as a 
non-beneficial member. Such person must apply for 
reinstatement in writing, stating age, residence and 
occupation, and the amount he is willing to pay on 
reinstatement, and the application must be referred 
to an investigating committee, and disposed of in the 
same manner as an application for membership by 
initiation; and if the ballot result in favor of rein- 
statement, such person shall pay such sum as may 
have been offered by him, but not a less sum than 
five dollars. 

(4) Every person admitted or reinstated as a non- 
beneficial member shall be entitled to all the rights, 
privileges and advantages of membership except ben- 
efits, and shall be subject to penalties and disabilities 
as other members. And no benefits shall be allowed 
to any non-beneficial member, nor shall any pecuni- 
ary relief be extended to such member from the 
funds of the Lodge except in case of extreme neces- 
sity and upon the recommendation of some commit- 
tee. 

Con-t. Subs. IX, 1-4, adopted 1870; 111. IV, 458. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 93 

Ch wpb&r XIV. 

Dues and Pees : Revenue and Expenditures. 

\ 383. By the term dues the weekly contributions 
are referred to; funds from initiations and degrees 
-are fees. But special assessments or taxes are to be 
considered as dues. 111. I, 173 ; 1855, 24. 

£ 384. Xo person may be initiated into a Lodge for 
a less fee than five dollars. Xo degree may be con- 
ferred for less than two dollars, except official degrees 
and the Degree of Bebekah, for which no fee may be 
charged ($578). The regular contributions to 'the 
Lodge-fund may not be less than six and one-fourth 
•cents a week, exclusive of W. and 0. Fund. The 
above are minimum rates: each Lodge must fix its 
rates by by-laws. The Lodge may by by-laws require 
further contributions, as an education fund, widows- 
and-orphans' fund, or funeral tax. Xo person can be 
initiated nor receive degrees until the fees therefor 
are paid. 

Const. Subs. V, 1, 2, 3, 4; VIII, 2; 111. 1856, 182,183. 

§ 385. The fee for admission by card may not be less 
than two dollars if the candidate be of the Scarlet 
Degree, nor less than one dollar if he be of a lower 
grade. The fee for admission of an' Ancient Odd- 
Fellow may not be less than five dollars. The fee for 
admission on a dismissal certificate ($ 744) must be 
not less than the fee charged by the Lodge for initia- 
tion. Const. Subs. II, 3, 4, amended 111. Y, 82. 

§ 386. Charter members of a Lodge, as they pay the 
regular fees for deposit of cards in the new Lodge 
Q 389). must be credited for what they advance for 
the charter. 111. Ill, 107. 

§ 387. Dues must be fixed at some stated rate in the 
by-laws of a Lodge. They accrue weekly: only for 
the convenience of the Lodge are they paid at some 
stated period: it is the right of a member to pay his 
dues at any time. U.S. 1124, 1318,"l739. 

§388. Dues must be fixed by the Lodge at some 
stated rate in its by-laws, the constitution fixing only 



94 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

the minimum. They accrue weekly, and in determin- 
ing a member's standing in the Order, reference 
must be had to the amount of dues fixed by the Lodge 
reckoned by weekly periods. Dues can not be counted 
as having accrued until the time lias passed for which 
they are charged; hence, a Lodge can not require 
them paid in advance, except when a visiting card is 
taken: and they can ho charged only for the actual 
time of membership. They may he entered weekly or 
at longer intervals, and paid at any time when a 
member chooses; but the Lodge may require them 
paid at a definite time after due. The Secretaries are 
exempt from dues. 

Const Subs. Ill, 5, 6; 111. 1856, 35, 182-3, 1S6, 195. 

I 389. In Illinois, the laws require that every person, 
on joining a Lodge, must pay the prescribed admiss- 
ion fee. To donate that fee back to him is simply a 
very lame evasion of the law. and is not allowable. 
Ministers of the Gospel can not he admitted without 
payment of the usual fee; and charter members of a 
Lodge must pay to it upon its institution the req- 
uisite fees for deposit of cards. And no person can 
receive degrees except upon payment of the regular 
fee. (^ Go, 371.) ill. I, 147, 150, 294; III, 78, 161. 

g 390. The fee accompanying a petition for member- 
ship does not become a part of the funds of the Lodge 
until the candidate is elected. The custody of the 
fee may be determined by a by-law ;. in the absence of 
law, it should remain in the hands of the Secretary, to 
be returned in case of rejection or pass to the P.8. in 
case of election. 111. III. »>7. 

§391. Xot the Lodge which confers degrees, but the 
Lodge to which an applicant belongs, is entitled to 
the fees for degrees. No Lodge has the right to give 
a certificate to receive the degrees until the fees are 
paid (§389). U. 8. 4068. 

^ 302. A member is not in good standing while his 
note is held for dues or fees: and Lodges may not 
take the notes of their members for such indebted- 
ness. U.S. 1775. 

#393. Payment of dues to the Treasurer is not a 
payment to the Lodge, since the laws require all pay- 



ILLIXOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 95 

merits to be made to the Secretaries. It is o'ptional 
with a Lodge whether thev will recognize a payment 
made to any other officer. " U.S. 3084. 

§ 394. If a brother pays his dues to the proper of- 
ficer between the meetings of the Lodge, the payment 
counts from the time when made, and not from the 
next Lodge-meeting thereafter only; and such a pay- 
ment made to the Treasurer when he is acting as Per- 
manent Secretary pro tern, is a valid payment to the 
Lodge. 111. IV, 29. 

I 395. If a brother pays to the Lodge for dues or 
fees all that is required of him by the Secretary, which 
amount is nevertheless too small, by error of the of- 
ficer, the brother's claims against the Lodge are not 
prejudiced thereby. 

U.S. 1935-6, 2484-5. (See a special extreme case 
under this, 111. IV, 200-201.) 

£ 396. In such cases as those described in the pre- 
ceding section, the Lodge may not compel the brother 
to pay the deficiency (though he is bound in honor to 
pay it), unless there was intentional misrepresenta- 
tion. 111. 1853,70; 111,96. 

§ 397. Dues were not payable to Lodges during the 
temporary suspension allowed during the war of the 
rebellionf 111. Ill, 292. 

[By law of 1861, the G. Master was empowered to allow by dis- 
pensation a temporary suspension of work during the war of the 
secession, to Lodges asking the privilege, the suspension to end 
with the war. The charter and effects were not to be reclaimed, 
as of a defunct Lodge, but put into safe custody in charge of a 
deputy. The enactment expired by limitation.— III. Ill, 262,331.] 

\ 398. A brother taking a visiting card must pay in 
advance all regular dues for the time for which it is 
granted. Usage, recognized in U.S. 3120. 

§399. When a Secretary — or other officer exempt 
(see §-§ 271, 278) under the constitution and by-laws 
from the payment of dues — applies for and receives a 
visiting card, he musfrpay dues in advance the same 
as any other member. If he continues to serve in 
such office to the end of his term, or until the expira- 
tion of his card, the proper amount must be refunded 
to him. 111. Ill, 159. 

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96 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

present or absent from the Lodge, is liable for all reg- 
ular or special taxes that may be levied by the Lodge 
during the currency of his card. 111. 1855, 127. 

$401. The same dues, regular and special, which 
are charged against all other member- of a Lodge are 
al<o t<> be charged against a suspended member dur- 
ing his suspension; as suspension from privileges of 
the Lodge work- no suspension from dues. 

U.S. 1505, 1884. 

\ 402. If a member is expelled and afterward rein- 
stated, no dues are to he charged for the interval. If, 
however, an expulsion be found illegal on appeal to 
the Grand Lodge, duesi&*ti0i accrue for the time in 
which it was erroneously held valid. 

111. 1853, 70; IV. 200-201. 

g 403. A Lodge can not remit or donate dues, nor 
donate or loan money to a member for dues to keep 
him. good on the hooks: dues must be paid. Hence, no 
arrearages can be remitted, except in case of reinstate- 
ment after expulsion or suspension for X.P.D. This 
was allowed by G.L. 111. in 1853 (p. 47), and by G.L.U.S. 
generallv in 1856 (U.S. 2665). 

* 111. 1855, 25; III, 99, 421 ; Const. Subs. VI, 8. 

g 404. The funds of a Subordinate Lodge or Encamp- 
ment can be used only to defray its necessary ex- 
penses and for objects of beneficence and charity, 
under legislation of its Grand Body. Subordinate 
Lodges and Encampments have the right to determine 
the propriety of appropriating their funds for all pui> 
poses recognized by the Order. The funds of a Lodge 
can not be appropriated to purposes which are not 
recognized by the Order, can not be diverted from the 
treasury to be expended in pleasure-excursions, pic- 
nics, or the like, for these are not the legitimate pur- 
poses of a Lodge. To appropriate money from the 
treasury in payment of expenditure- incurred in such 
excursions ia a misappropriation of the funds pro- 
vided for the sick, the burial of the dead, the educa- 
tion of the orphan, and the legitimate expenses of 
the Lodge. U.S. 3117, 3960, 5198. 

^ 405. A wise and prudent dispensation of dona- 
tions is an integral portion of the objects of the Or- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 97 

der, one on which much of its reputation for benefi- 
cence has been erected, and one the destruction of 
which would carry with it the whole claim the Order 
has to be regarded an institution devoted to charit- 
able purposes. A Grand Lodge may limit the ex- 
penses of a Lodge to purposes within the Order, and 
prohibit division of its property among" its members; 
but it may not require its charities in the Order to 
await tlie approval of the Grand Master or its own 
Grand Body. U.S. 2772. 

# 406. The question of the right of any subordinate 
to appropriate its funds to pay the expenses of cele- 
brating the anniversary of the introduction of the 
Order into America rests exclusively with the mem- 
bers of said subordinates. U.S. (in 1866) 3959. 

# 407. In the absence of any specific by-law on the 
subject, a Lodge may appropriate money from its 
treasury to pay the expenses of an orator for its own 
celebration, but not for refreshments, nail-rent, mu- 
sic, or any feature of luxury or display, or for festival 
expenses generally. A Lodge may not, by by-law or 
otherwise, set apart any portion of its regular receipts 
as a 'refreshment fund'. 111. Ill, 160, 158. 

[It is questionable how far the above limitations on the use of 
funds for hall-rent and music, approved in 1800, would be sus- 
tained, in view of the more liberal interpretations of the princi- 
ple given in I86fi by the G.L.U.S.,set forth in fi 404, 406, See, also, 
a later law of Illinois, \ 409.] 

\ 408. A Lodge ordered telegraphing to another 
Lodge, and the issue of hand-bills for a meeting of 
members. The Finance Committee reported against 
paying for these items, on the ground that they were 
not necessary expenses. It was decided that, these 
things having been done by order of the Lodge, it 
must pay for them. 111. IV, 10. 

§409. If the by-laws of a Lodge authorize special 
assessments for funeral expenses, then it may assess 
for expenses of a band of music as a part of the 
funeral expense. It is always optional with a Lodge 
whether or not to have music at a funeral. 

111. IV, 233. 

§ 410. If a Lodge has a by-law providing for a 
funeral assessment upon members in case of a mini- 



98 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

mum amount in the treasury, the minimum is to be 
estimated in cash, not counting money at interest on 
a note, nor money to be paid in soon (as in hands of 
Permanent Secretary), though efforts should be used 
to make collection thereof. The object of the 
ment is to provide funds for immediate use, with a 
proper reserve for emergency; and the X.G. must di- 
rect the making of the assessment, without waiting 
for collections. 111. IV, 199, 240, 436. 

g 411. Cases of prohibition of use of funds. — A treasurer 
losing funds and pleading poverty, it was decided 
that a Lodge could not give him the balance in his 
hands and release his seeurities. A Lodge having 
lent its funds to members and disliking to sue them 
to recover the amounts, it was held illegal to give the 
defaulters their notes. A Lodge sent a committee of 
one to attend the funeral of a member buried at a 
distance: three others accompanied him : it was held 
that the Lodge* could not pay the expenses of the 
three, but should of the one. Festival expenses may 
not be paid from the treasury. 

111. IV, 384; V, 78; 111,320. 

§412. All things recommended by the G.L.I 
by the Grand Lodge of Illinois are legitimate objects 
or purposes of expenditure of Lodge funds, subject to 
the by-laws of the Lodges. Thus, no special legisla- 
tion is needed to authorize the use of funds for libra- 
ries. (§899.) 111. V, 83. 

§413. If a Lodge ran afford it. it may purchase an 
organ for the Lodge-room, using its general fund. A 
tax even of two or three dollars upon a member to 
buy official regalia may be assessed and collected, if 
there is not money enough in the treasury to pay the 
bill without the assessment: and the collection may 
be enforced like that of other dues. 

111. IV. 202, 200. 

§414. When the by-laws of a Lodge do not create a 
special fund for funeral purposes, the tax assessed by 
the by-laws upon members in case of the death of a 
beneficial member must be paid into the general 
fund, and funeral benefits are to be paid out of said 
fund, by order of the Lodge. 111. IV. 128. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 99 

§ 415. A Lodge may donate money to worthy char- 
itable objects 'outside of the Order 1 , if its financial 
condition is such as to justify it, and its by-laws do 
not forbid it; but a Lodge working under Sec. 6, Art. 
VI, of Model Code may not appropriate money for 
outside charity from the general fund. To thus ex- 
tend charity the Lodge must create a special fund for 
that purpose. If a donation be applied for by a 
Lodge by virtue of a dispensation, it is lawful for the 
Lodges to make donations. 111. Ill, 158, 160, 420. 

"The section of the Model Code referred to is this: " ? 6. The 
special funds of this Lodge shall be sacredly devoted to the pur- 
poses for which they may be raised ; and the general fund shall 
be considered sacredly pledged lo the relief of distressed broth- 
ers, the payment of benefits, and the necessary expenses and 
furnishing of the Lodge-room ; and it shall be used for no other 
purposes."] 

1 116. Donations made by parent or other subordin- 
ates to assist in the establishment of new. Lodges or 
Encampments are allowable, and are in no sense a 
division [such as is forbidden] of the funds of the 
Lodge or Encampment. The Grand Bodies or Grand 
Officers of the jurisdiction should be consulted as to 
the propriety of such action. [Law of Illinois, see 
next section.] U.S. 4423. 

§ 117. When a number of persons join a Lodge for 
the sole purpose of qualifying themselves to become 
applicants for a charter for a new Lodge, the Lodge 
in which they are initiated and take the degrees may 
donate to the new Lodge when organized the amount 
of fees received from such applicants. A Lodge may 
make an appropriation to aid in establishing a Re- 
bekah-Degree Lodge. 111. Ill, 160; IV, 382. 

§ 418. A Lodge may levy a tax on its members to 
carry out the principles of the Order, but only for 
that purpose. A Lodge may not levy a tax on its 
members for the purpose of furnishing the Lodge- 
room when there are funds in the treasury to pay for 
the same; nor may it enforce an assessment upon its 
members to defray expenses of celebration, as there 
is no law authorizing assessments for such purposes. 
[But see $ 107, and references there given.] 

111. 1854, 45; 1855, 123; III, 100. 



100 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 

§ 419. It is the right and duty of Subordinate 
Lodges and Encampments to tax their members that 
they may be enabled to pay stipulated weekly bene- 
hts to sick members. U.S. 3i>So. 

1 120. The members of a Lodge desiring to cease 
work and join a neighboring Lodge may not transfer 
their money and property to said neighboring Lodge, 
unless the 'two Lodges are consolidated, under the 
laws of the Grand Lodge (g 189). III. Ill, 157, 261. 

\ 421. It is not obligatory upon a Lodge to establish 
a Widows-and-Orphans' Fund ; but after it has cre- 
ated such a fund, the Lodge can not draw upon it to 
meet contingent expenses, nor merge it into the gen- 
eral fund in the Lodge treasury, without consent of 
the Grand Lodge. " 111. Ill, 268, 421, 159. 

In 1MW. the Grand Lodge of Illinois authorized all Lodges to 
merge the W. and O. Fund into the general fund ; and in 1870, it 
said that this should be done not by abolishing the accretions, 
but by direct action III. IV, 224, 467. But in 1870and in 1*71, tbe 
G.L U.S. declared, on appeals from Oregon and Pennsylvania, 
that neither a Grand nor a Subordinate budy may merge into its 
general fund or convert a special fund after it is created. " Hav- 
ing been clothed with the garb of a trust, a trust it must remain." 
r.x. 4875, 5162.] 

g 422. If a Lodge sets apart a certain share of its 
dues for a special fund, then there should be set off 
that share of what is actually collected and paid in. 

I11.IV.-409. 

§423. A brother may not offset his dues with an 
unadjusted claim, even if just, for sick benefits. The 
Lodge and not the brother must make the offset 
(§446). 111. III. Kin. 

2 424. Lodges may loan their funds upon undoubted 
security. . * 111.1,210. 

[In 1864, the G.L. III. instructed its subordinates not to loan 
their funds upon personal or mortgage securities, but in stead to 
invest in real estate or stocks ///. IV, 522 This was done be- 
cause of doubts as to the legal power of a Lodge to recover by 
suit funds so loaned. Next year the prohibition was repealed 
• III. I V, 5H4 . because an amendment to the act of incorporation 
had by statute given the desired power.— Section l of the Amend- 
atory Act, which see in full in Journal G.L. 111. for 1864, p. 536, 
and in Appendix.] 

g425. The funds and property of a Subordinate 
Lodge or Encampment are Trust Funds and Prop- 
erty, usable only for the legitimate objects of the 
Order; and all diversion of them by division of them 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 101 

among members at dissolution of the subordinate is 
wrong and dishonorable, and in direct violation of 
the trust conferred by a charter. U.S. 3664. 

\ 426. All funds and property of a dissolving or de- 
funct subordinate must be surrendered to its Grand 
Body, which must use such funds or property and its 
avails as a separate trust fund [for restoration accord- 
ing to previous laws], and for aiding and assisting 
working subordinates when in need of funds to sus- 
tain their organization. (See 2£ 882-3-4.) 

U.S. 3664. 

I 427. Grand Bodies are directed to pass such laws 
as will enforce and secure observance of the laws in 
?$ 425 and 426. and prevent any member guilty of 
sharing in a dishonest division of such funds from 
ever regaining membership. (See § 891, note.) And 
they are justified in invoking the laws of the coun- 
try to compel surrender of such embezzled funds and 
property. U.S. 3664. 

\ 428. The Grand Master is instructed, whenever 
the interests of the Order require it, to suspend any 
defaulting Lodge or Lodge attempting to distribute 
its funds and property among its members; and 
where loss is likely to result from maladministration 
by or through trustees or by such default or attempted! 
distribution, it is his duty to call in legal advice, and 
in extreme cases to institute suits at law or in equity 
to protect the rights of the Grand Lodge. [See the 
legal rights of the Grand Lodge and the provisions of 
the statute in the amendments to the Act of Incor- 
poration, in the Appendix.] 111. Ill, 517, 194.. 



Chapter XV. 

Benefits and Relief. 

§ 429. It is the moral duty of every Lodge to see 
that a brother in distress is attended to; and the 
Lodge or member who fails to attend to him is guilty- 
of failure in duty. But methods of doing this duty- 



102 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

and enforcement of it belong to local legislation 
(§649). U.S. 4391-2. 

I 430. In the payment of sick and funeral benefits 
and expenses Subordinate Lodges and Encampments 
are sovereign both as to amount and disposition of 
them, under the laws of their Grand Bodies and the 
charitable principles of the Order. U.S. 3685, 2807. 

$431. Every bona-fide member, who is qualified as 
required by the by-laws, shall, in case of sickne 
disability, be entitled to receive from the funds of 
the Lodge such weekly benefits as may be fixed by 
law: prorided, nerertheless, that a Lodge may provide, 
in its by-laws, for the payment of only one-half the 
regular benefits to any brother who is simply disabled 
from attending to business, and not confined to his 
room. In case of the death of a brother entitled to 
benefits, there must be allowed a sum not less than 
twenty dollars as a funeral benefit, to be disposed of 
as the Lodge may determine. Const. Subs. V, 5, 6. 

\ 432. The funeral benefit is payable only for one 
who is beneficial bv the by-laws of his Lodge. 

111. IV, 202. 

\ 433. It is the duty of every Lodge of the I.O.< >.F. 
to see that the bodies of its [unsuspended?] members 
w r ho die are decently and properly buried, and to 
provide for the payment of all necessarv funeral ex- 
penses. 111. IV, 447-s. 

r The compiler calls attention to the fact that this law requires 
the payment of funeral expenses (see distinction between benefits 
and expenses in £ 457 1 for all members, whether recognized as 
beneficial by the by-laws or not. See the whole enactment in 
', ti2<i. the remaining language of which confirms tbis view. At 
the same se^ion 1870 i, but before the adoption of this rule, the 
G.L. confirmed a decision of the Gr. Master that funeral expenses 
had not been due in case of a non-beneficial member who died 
awav from home and who was buried by another Lodge.— Til. 
IV, 384, 436. But, as the enactment of this rule is subsequent to 
the Grand Master's decision and to the approval of it as the 
existing law at the time, the enactment of this section and of 
I 626 is undoubtedly the existing law, though in direct opposition, 
as new laws often are, to previous rules and prevalent precedent. 
The reason for inserting the word unsuspended with a mark of 
intprrogation is the doubtful legality of the rule without it, 
which see discussed in the note to J 626.] 

§ 434. The payment of weekly benefits to sick mem- 
bers is the distinguishing characteristic of our Order, 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 103 

and mav be regarded as the f undamental principle of 
Odd-Fellowship. U.S. 4177. 

\ 435. The Constitution of Subordinate Lodges fixes 
and settles the liability of Lodges to pay benefits to 
bona-fide members when sick or disabled, at such rates 
as may be fixed by law ; the law herein referred to is 
the by-laws of any such Lodge ; and while each Lodge 
is at perfect liberty to fix the sum to be paid in all 
such cases, yet it must be some certain, uniform and 
definite sum; and when so settled by such by-law, 
the right to claim its payment is one possessed by 
every member of any such Lodge when duly quali- 
fied otherwise as required by law, without regard to 
either the amount or source of his income or nature 
of his occupation; and the duty to pay the said al- 
lowance is the same in- all cases. Hence, it is not le- 
gal for a Lodge to suspend the payment of sick or 
funeral benefits for any purpose or any length of 
time, or to strike from its laws all provisions for pay- 
ment of benefits. 111. Ill, 344, 158, 549. 

\ 436. A Grand Master or a Grand Lodge can not by 
dispensation authorize a Lodge to suspend the pay- 
ment of weekly benefits. But whether a Lodge can 
retain its charter and continue to work after it has 
failed, by reason - of an exhausted treasury, to pay 
weekly benefits to brothers entitled thereto, is sub- 
ject for local legislation. U.S. 2807, 2770, 2831. 

1 437. A Lodge should not grant benefits contrary 
to the provisions of its by-laws ; and the Grand Lodge 
is not disposed to decide any case contrary to such 
provisions. 111. 1855, 68, 70. 

I 438. A Lodge reduces its rate of benefits during 
the sickness of a brother who was receiving them : in- 
quiry being made whether he should after such reduc- 
tion receive the former rate or the latter, the Grand 
Lodge refused concurrence in the opinion that he 
should receive the higher rate. 111. IV, 143. 

$ 439. The Constitution of Lodges and the usages of 
the Order require that a beneficiary member shall be 
entitled to weekly benefits : hence, a Lodge must allow 
benefits for every entire week of disability, but may 



104 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 

decline to pay benefits for any disability of less than 
one week's duration. * 111.1856,216; [V, 293. 

£ 440. A Lodge may refuse to pay benefits for sick- 
ness of the fractional part of a week, such being the 
general usage of the Order. (\s. 2791. 

\ 441. A Lodge may, under Art. V, §5, of its Con- 
stitution, grant to a brother partial benefits and after- 
ward grant him the amount of full benefits: and the 
same committee that recommended the first grant 
may afterward recommend the second grant. 

111. 111,99. 

\ 442. A brother to whom a withdrawal card has 
been voted has thereafter no claim for benefits upon 
his former Lodge; nor can be obtain such claim by 
paying bis dues in advance and then receiving the 
card. And when the holder of a withdrawal card de- 
posits it for membership in another Lodge, bis right 
to benefits there depends upon its laws. 

U.S. 916, 1200, 124'.). 1492. 

\ 443. A Lodge shall not provide in its by-laws that 
members shall attain any particular degree before be- 
coming beneficiary; but it was formerly (till Oct. 
1860) specially allowed by law and is still not forbid- 
den to allow greater benefits to Scarlet-Degree mem- 
bers than to those of a lower grade. 

111. III. 159, 204. 

£444. A brother may not be compelled to accept 
benefits; but if he refuses to accept them when due 
and properly tendered to him, he may not afterward 
present a claim for benefits for the same illn< 
disability. 111. 1856, 171 ; III, 159. 

£445. A brother who authorizes himself to be re- 
ported 'outof care' abandons bis claim to benefits, and 
can not afterward claim them with the plea that he 
was induced to resign them, unless there is evidence 
of that fact or of coer, ion. U.S. :J3C0. 

£ 446. A member is not entitled to benefits if. upon 
the entry of all proper charges against him to the 
time of the accruing of his claim, be is found too 
much in arrears. But a member does not become 
in arrears to his Lodge so as to be deprived of bene- 
fits if the Lodge is indebted to him. The Lodge must, 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 105 

in such case, see that he receives his benefits, deduct- 
ing the amount of his dues. And a member is enti- 
tled to sick benefits when his Lodge is indebted to him 
for services, although his bill has not been presented, 
and the books show him in arrears; the indebtedness 
is to be considered as existing, though not appearing 
until settlement. 

111. 1855, 22; U.S. 1634,2291, 2700; 111. 1855, 37. 

$ 447. A brother is not entitled to benefits who has 
been declared, in his Lodge, guilty of prevarication 
and lying in previousl} 7 obtaining an allowance of 
them. And if a member's sickness is caused by 
immoral conduct, the Lodge is not liable for benefits. 
111.1,256; IV, 383. 

§ 448. A member who is debarred from benefits by 
the non-payment of dues can not by paying his dues 
entitle himself to benefits during a sickness commenc- 
ing before the dues are paid even though the by-laws 
of his Lodge may provide that 'every member', etc., 
'against whom there is no charge shall be entitled to 
benefits'. U.S. 1318, 2859. 

£ 449. A member who is to become beneficiary in 
due course of law and lapse of time on a certain day 
falls sick before that day, remaining sick until after 
that day ; in that case he is entitled to benefits during 
that illness from the day when he. became legally 
beneficiary. 111. V, 13. 

§ 450. If a person has been reinstated after drop- 
ping for N.P.D. and the by-laws contain no provision 
respecting the time when he shall be allowed to re- 
ceive benefits, the fixing of time rests with the Lodge. 
(See f 752.) 111. 111,515. 

I 451. When a brother claims benefits on account of 
sickness while not in the vicinity of the Lodge, the 
Lodge has the right to require evidence of sickness, 
such as the certificate of a respectable physician or of 
a magistrate; but it is not proper for the Lodge to re- 
quire of the brother an affidavit before an officer or 
notary. And the Lodge may not require him to 
append his card to the evidence, as that belongs to 
him until it expires. 111. 1855, 109, 124; 1857, 156. 

I 452. When the by-laws of a Lodge require notice 



1 ( >6 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 

of sickness to be sent by a sick brother in order to 

entitle him to benefits, failure to .send such notice 
will not invalidate his claim in cases where, from the 
nature of his disability, it is not possible or re 
ably to be expected that he should send such notice. 

U.S. 2621, 3470. 

\ 453. A donation from the treasury may be granted 
to a sick brother as a charity, if he be too much in 
arrears to be entitled to benefits; but it can not be 
given as benefits. . 111. 1855, 23, 127. 

\ 454. When the by-laws of a Lodge require notice 
of sickness given to entitle to benefits (as in Model 
Code, Art. VIII, § 1), the notice may be given to the 
N.GL, Y.G., or a member of the Visiting Committee, 
or it may be legallv given by announcement in open 
Lodge. 111. III. 485. 

'",±00. The residence of a brother in the army is at 
the place where he resided when he entered the 
army, if his family remain there. Hence, if such res- 
idence be within fifteen miles of Ins Lodge, and the 
Lodge has adopted the Model C'ode, he loses right to 
benefits for three months after settlement of account 
if he falls six months or more into arrears: his place 
of sickness or death in the army is not his residence. 

111.111,487. 

[*' The clause of the Model Code referred to in this decision was 
Art IX, \ 2, as follows : " No brother residing within fifteen miles 
of the Lodge who shall suffer himself to fall in arrears for six 
months shall be entitled to benefits for three months after the 
settlement of his account. "] 

\ 456. Bro. A.B. was member of a Lodge which had 
a clause in its by-laws to allow not more than one 
week's benefit prior to notice of sickness given to the 
Lodge officers or committee. He was taken sick May 
2d, and ten days later (May 12th) his arrears were suf- 
ficient to debar him from benefits. He was reported 
sick, to the Lodge, by the committee, May 21st, hav- 
ing given notice to them during the previous week. 
Decided, that, as he failed to report himself until after 
he was cut off from benefits bv delinquency, he was 
not entitled to benefits. 111. IV, 202. 

^ 457. There is a distinction between funeral bene- 
fits and funeral expenses. The funeral benefit should 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 107 

go to the family of the deceased, whether they in- 
curred any expense in the burial or not; but any pro- 
vision made by a Lodge for funeral expenses will re- 
quire payment only when actual expense is incurred. 
When a brother holding a visiting card dies away 
from home and is buried by a Lodge, that Lodge can 
recover from his Lodge the amount of funeral ex- 
penses, at least to the amount authorized bv the face 
of the card. U.S. 2151, 2813, 2957, 3566. 

\ 453. The payment of burial expenses in addition 
to a funeral benefit is not 'an illegal distribution of 
Lodge funds' (g 425). 111. V, 25. 

§ 459. The right of property in funeral benefits is in 
the family of a deceasing brother, and not in him. 
It does not exist until after his death, and therefore 
no disposition of such a benefit can be made by him 
in his lifetime, by assignment, devise, or in any other 
way. U.S. 2957. 

\ 461 A member of a Lodge was drowned, and the 
Lodge offered a reward for the recovery of the body. 
Decided, that the reward must be taken from the gen- 
eral fund of the Lodge, and not deducted from the 
funeral benefit due to his widow. 111. Y, 13. 

# 461. A Lodge may by a by-law or by special action 
grant a funeral benefit upon the decease of a brother's 
wife, though the clause of the constitution requiring 
such a benefit has been repealed. 

111. 1855, 118 ; 1856, 37-8. 

$ 462. A by-law granting a funeral benefit for a 
brother's wife does not give a benefit in case of the 
death of a brother's widow. It is intended for the 
relief of a brother who loses his wife, and not for the 
use of her heirs. 111. IV, 274. 

£ 463.' If a brother is misinformed as to the amount 
due from him by the Secretary, and is thus brought 
into arrears to an amount disqualifying for benefits, 
under the by-laws, and is taken sick while he has 
reason to suppose himself good on the books, he is 
for that sickness entitled to benefits. 111. IV, 201-2. 

\ 464. If a Lodge gives a visiting card in place of a 
withdrawal card by mistake, and another Lodge gives 



108 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

relief thereon, the Lodge issuing the card must pay 
the amount warranted by the card. 111. V, 14. 

2 465. A Lodge may not refuse benefits in the fol- 
lowing decided cases: 

(1) To a brother who is legally entitled to them and 
has properly applied for them. 111. I, 311. 

(2) To a brother resident in a foreign country and 
otherwise entitled to them-at the time of his illness. 

111. TIT, 24, 36. 

(3) To a lunatic brother: he should have the same 
benefits as are given to those suffering from bodily 
infirmity. - 2138. 

(4) To brothers residing in California, or in a haz- 
ardous climate, if otherwise entitled. 

U.S. 1739, 1 

(5) To brothers in the army or service of the United 
States, if otherwise entitled, upon due proof. 

111. Ill, 292f, 344. 420, 435. 

(6) To the family of a brother in good standing who 
has committed suicide. U.S. 807. 

(7) To a member who holds a valid visiting card, 
without indorsement of disqualification : the rani is 
evidence that the brother is entitled to benefits [but 
it may be countervailed by other evidence that shows 
indebtedness on the part of the brother by- his own 
virtual acknowledgment (U.S. 3120, 3251)];' and if no 
fraud on his part be shown, the Lodge may not allege 
on its own evidence that he was really in arrears 
when he took the card: the neglect of the Lodge or 
its officers to collect the dues will not cut off the 
claim. 111.1854,51,74 

(8) To the family of a brother deceased against whom 
no charge was brought during bis life, upon cl 

or allegations brought after his death, except charges 
of fraudulent misrepresentation of age made to obtain 
admission into the Order (g 469 L 

U.S. 3122, case overruled 3564, 3588; 3601, 3679, 
new law. 

(9) To a brother not under charges for fraud, but 
who is indebted to the Lodge for money loaned on a 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 109 

• 

note with security, on which nothing has been paid. 
The remedy of the Lodge is in a suit at law. 

111. Ill, 247. 

(10) A Lodge can not refuse to pay benefits to a 
brother otherwise beneficial because he has entered 
an alms-house against their desire, or has become a 
-charge upon the jDublic. U.S. 3466. 

If in any case a Lodge continues to refuse benefits 
when due, anv brother aggrieved may report the case 
to the Grand Lodge. 111. I, 311. 

I 466. Members who have been suspended for cause 
and have regularly paid their dues during the period 
of suspension may not be deprived of benefits for 
a period after reinstatement on account of such sus- 
pension. U.S. 3836. 

§ 467. When benefits have been withheld through 
mistake as to facts or law, and the error is ascertained, 
the benefits must pass to the credit of the member, 
or be paid to him or his family ; and any suspension, 
disability or disqualification arising from the error 
and its consequences must be revoked or set aside. 

U.S. 2790, 2808. 

$ 468. A brother having made a claim on his Lodge 
for benefits, but subsequently appealing from its de- 
cision, finding himself, through ignorance of the law 
or other cause, to have erred in stating the amount 
of his claim before his subordinate, has the right to 
cite his claim in corrected form before a superior 
body on appeal, and to claim all that was his due. 

U.S. 2791. 

I 469. If a person joining Lodge or Encampment 
fraudulently misrepresents his age, and thereby gains 
admission illegally, or for a less consideration than 
the law of the Lodge or Encampment requires, then 
that body is discharged from any and all responsibil- 
ities growing out of such admission, from and after 
the time when the fraud is discovered and proved 
upon a fair investigation and competent testimony. 
It is legal to investigate and determine such fraud 
even after the death of the party concerned, provided 



110 ILLIXOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 

« 
due notice of the investigation be given to the family 
or representatives of the deceased who claim benefits. 

U.S. 3601, 3679. 

\ 470. If a Lodge has adopted a by-law (as in the 
Model Code) allowing benefits for sickness or death 
not caused by vice or immorality, it can withhold 
funeral benefits when it can be clearly proved that 
the death was caused by vice or immorality of the de- 
ceased, and such proof can be brought after his death. 

111. III. 484. 

\ 471. Right to benefits is not impaired by the fact 
that the disease or disability for which they are 
claimed was contracted or caused during service in 
the Federal Army, out of the state ; nor is it impaired 
by change of occupation that increases risk of life or 
health. 111.111,485. 

g 472. When a Lodge has refused a claim for bene- 
fits, any appeal from such decision must be taken 
within the time (three months in Illinois. \ '■- 
lowed for the institution of other appeals. An aban- 
doned claim after that time may not be revived. 

U.S. 3383. 

§ 473. A Lodge may not demand pay of another 
Lodge for ordinary assistance rendered to her sick 
members; but if pecuniary assistance be rendered, 
the Lodge of which the recipient is a member should 
see that the amount of such assistance is refunded* 
even if the brother was not a beneficial member. 

111. I. 254. 

I 474. Upon the issue of a visiting card, the amount 
of weekly and funeral benefits allowed by the by-laws 
of the Lodge or Encampment to the holder thereof 
must be carefully entered thereon: and the body is- 
suing the card is bound for any relief extended to 
the holder of the card, to the extent of the benefits 
so indorsed or entered on the card. (See also ; 
The G.L.E.S. has further enacted that where a Sub- 
ordinate Lodge. Encampment, or General Eelief Com- 
mittee, is applied to for relief by a brother holding a 
card, such Lodge, Encampment, or General Eelief 
Committee, shall require the certificate of a respect- 
able physician, showing the time that the brother has- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. Ill 

been sick, and shall take a draft upon his Lodge or 
Encampment for whatever amount he may have re- 
ceived, which, with the certificate, shall be forwarded 
for payment: provided, that in the event of the death 
of a brother, and his being buried by a Lodge, En- 
campment, or General Relief Committee, it shall 
only be necessary to forward the physician's certifi- 
cate, or that of some other respectable citizen, to- 
gether with his card and a proper voucher for the 
amount so advanced. Payment of the same shall in 
all cases be promptly made. U.S. 2151. 

\ 475. The certificate of a General Relief Committee 
under its seal is sufficient evidence that the com- 
mittee has complied with the law in the payment of 
benefits on a visiting card ; and Lodges must pay such 
claims without further evidence. II]. V, 74. 

£476. A Lodge in California having paid benefits 
to a traveling brother in gold can not claim from his 
Lodge in this jurisdiction a larger sum in legal-tender 
notes because of the difference in commercial value. 

111. Ill, 484. 

§ 477. A Lodge is held bound to repay relief rendered 
to a brother when given for sick benefits, etc., as in 
the preceding section; but not for amounts advanced 
for any other cause. 111. 1856, 24. 

$ 47S\ Any brother who acquires the semi-annual 
password improperly, and by making use of said 
password obtains relief from a Lodge of which he is 
not a member, is guilty of a double fraud on the Or- 
der, and should be required to refund the amount 
received to the Lodge from which he received it, and 
be punished by his own Lodge for the offense. It 
would not be proper to hold a Lodge responsible for 
funds obtained under such circumstances. 

U.S. 2826. 

§ 479. There is no general law of our Order requir- 
ing a Lodge to pay to the widow of a deceased brother 
any specific annuity : Lodges should, in such cases, 
be governed by the necessities of the recipient and 
their own ability, and their by-laws: and a change 
in the by-law while any regular payment is going on 
may change the amount to be paid. Drafts for the 



112 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 

benefit of widows and orphans are not benefits under 
our laws, and must be alwavs ordered by vote of the 
Lodge. * III. Ill, 263-4; 1856,232. 

$480. When a brother ceases to be a beneficial 
member, all benefits cease, incidental as well as di- 
rect, and after as well as before death. Hence, the 
widow of a suspended member is not entitled to re- 
ceive any allowance from the Lodge; and a Lodge 
which has a clause in its by-laws pledging its funds 
to the relief of brothers, to payment of benefits, and 
to the necessary expenses of the Lodge, and prohib- 
iting other uses, can not make a donation to her 
from its treasury. 111. Ill, 202. 320, 421. 

g 181. The Order does not recognize as having any 
claim upon the benefits due to a member persons 
who claim as 'legal representatives' who may be re- 
mote relatives or even creditors: it recognizes as 
proper claimants widows and orphans, or dependent 
relatives. U.S. 31 20. 

g 482. The term sickness implies that state of health 
which prevents one from attending to his ordinary 
vocation. But a brother who by infirmity has been 
disqualified for his usual labors, but is not thereby 
incapacitated from applying himself to other busi- 
ness so as to provide for his own support, is not en- 
titled to benefits: however, an admission on the part 
of a brother that he is able to perform duty of some 
kind, if found for him, is no proof that he is able to 
gain a livelihood. U.S. 270:;, 2782, 

§483. A brother who is suffering with a chronic 
complaint, but is yet able to go to his place of busi- 
ness, superintend it, and participate in it to a degree, 
is prima facie not entitled to benefits as a sick brother, 
although this presumption may be rebutted by posi- 
tive evidence: the Subordinate Lodge to which a 
brother belongs, in whose neighborhood he resides, 
who are acquainted with tbe witnesses produced, and 
under whose direction the testimony is taken, are 
the best judges of the weight of such testimony ; and 
no appellate body, acting upon the inspection of the 
written testimony merely, ought to reverse the judg- 
ment of the Subordinate Lodge upon it, unl< 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 113 

clearly appears that the Subordinate Lodge has acted 
improperly, hastily, or in a spirit unworthy of our 
Order. U.S. 2471. 



Chapter XVI. 

Passwords. 

\ 434. The following Passwords are in use in the 
Order, viz. : 1. The Degree P.Ws., which are never 
changed; 2. The Semi- Annual P.W., which is given 
by each Grand Bod}' to its subordinates, different in 
different jurisdictions, and in place of which a Grand 
Body may use a Quarterly P.W. at discretion; 3. The 
Annual Traveling P. W., /given by the Grand Sire, 
current for one year beginning January 1st, for the 
use of brothers who have cards; 4. The Annual PAY. 
of the Degree of Rebekah, given by the Grand Sire 
for each year, and communicated to every person, 
male or female, of that degree; and 5. The Y.G.'s 
E.PAY. 

Usage, and U.S. 1518 ; U.S. Dig. of 1847, 35 : U.S. 16. 

[The origin of the A. T. P.W. appears on Feb. 22, 1824, in this 
resolution: "Resolved, That a T.P.W. be adopted for the protec- 
tion of the Order in the United States.'"— U.S. 64.] 

§485. Passwords are to be used [subject to the in- 
structions given in the secret work and in conferring 
degrees] at any time or place, to prove whether a 
brother is what he represents himself to be. 

111. Ill, 549. 

§486. The N.G. of a Lodge must not permit any 
person to remain in the Lodge at the opening who 
has not the regular S.A.PAY. : nor may he admit any 
one without it except [a visitor by card, or a brother 
introduced by an elective Grand Officer, or members 
of a Lodge visiting in a body (§ 549, below), or] a 
member of his own Lodge who is entitled to it. not 
being so far in arrears as to be disqualified to receive 
it. If a member without the S.A.PAY. applies for 
admission into his Lodge, the N.G. must learn from 
the Permanent Secretary whether the brother is en- 
8 



114 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 

titled to receive the P.W. : if he is. the N.G. must di- 
rect that lie he admitted: otherwise, he may not so 
direct. U.S. 1840, 3108. 

\ -187 '. No brother is permitted to vouch for the 
good standing of another to obtain admittance for 
him. 111. 1855, 24. 

§488. To members of Lodges the X.G. alone is au- 
thorized to communicate the S.A.P.W., or cause it 
to be communicated. The X.G. of one Lodge may 
[111. Ill, 162. I 499, says must] give the 8.A.E.W. to a 
member of another Lodge of the same jurisdiction 
upon the written request of the X.G. of the Lodge to 
which the brother belongs, under its seal. 

U.S. 2S26, and Charge-Book. 

§489. The Grand Master and his Deputies can le- 
gally give the passwords only in the discharge of 
their official duties, and only to the presiding officers 
[X.G. and V.G.. §493]. or at the request of the pre- 
siding officer, and in no case without the legal quali- 
fication. 111. 1853, 47-8. 

§ 490. The Supporter of the X.G. temporarily occu- 
pying the chair has no right to authorize a brother to 
confer the term-word upon another brother. 

U.S. 4240. 

§491. The S.A.P."\Y. is to be given when required 

by the W., but not by use of question or reply. The 

W. may require either the P.W. or the Expl., or both. 

111. 1855, 22; 1856,21. 

§ 492. Past Grands deputed to officiate as Grand 
Officers at the installation of officers of Subordinate 
Lodges, and such other members of a Grand Lodge as 
may assemble to aid in those ceremonies, are required 
before entering the ante-room to give the same pass- 
word that is demanded of other brothers; but after 
the Lodge has been duly informed by the Grand 
Marshal of the presence in the ante-room of the in- 
stalling officers, no password should be required of 
them at the inner door. The Grand Officers of State 
Grand Lodges, when visiting the Subordinate Lodges 
under their own jurisdiction, should give at the out- 
ride d<>or the same password that is required of other 
brothers. U.S. L840, 1992. 



ILLIXOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 115 

g 493. The A.T.P.W. is designed only for the use of 

brethren who are traveling beyond the limits of the 
jurisdiction to which they belong; but may also be 
used in the jurisdiction to which brothers belong 
who have received it in good faith for said primary 
purpose ; and in order that each brother entitled to it 
may be properly instructed therein, and that visiting 
brethren from other jurisdictions may be properly 
examined, the Noble Grand and Vice Grand of a 
Lodge, and the Chief Patriarch and Senior Warden of 
an Encampment, are to be privately put in possession 
thereof at the time of their installation, that they 
may be qualified either to give or receive it. The 
Grand Master and Grand Patriarch of a state, and their 
regular deputies, should also be in possession of it. 
None other than members who are placed in some of 
the positions above mentioned are entitled to receive 
it. Past Grands, as such, are not entitled to it, more 
than others. 

U.S. By-Laws, XXA T , as amended in 1S68 ; U.S. 664, 
802. 

[In 1868 a law provided that the holder of a visiting card might 
receive the term P.W. from a X.G. or check-word from a C.P. in 
his own jurisdiction ; but it was repealed in 1869.— U.S. 4410, 4616/ 

g 494. The Representatives, at each session of the 
Grand Lodge of the United States, are to receive the 
Traveling Password from the Grand Sire, and are to 
deliver the same, on their return, to the Grand Mas- 
ters of their respective Grand Lodges, or the Grand 
Patriarchs of their respective Grand Encampments. 
Usage, formerly written law; U.S. 16. 

[This usage is recognized as present law by decision of the 
Grand Sire in 1864. U.S. 3621, which speaks of ' one principal pur- 
pose to be subserved by the office of Grand Rep. as being the 
communication of the A. T. P.W. to the executive of his jurisdic- 
tion before the first day of January ', and says that Grand Bodies 
may instruct the G.R. as to the mode of communication.] 

§ 495. If any state be without a Grand Represent- 
ative, it is the duty of the Grand Sire to transmit the 
word, in due season, through some other safe channel, 
to the state authorities. U.S. Digest of 1847. 35. 

\ 496. The A.T.P.W. which a brother is required to 
prove himself in possession of, when he offers to visit 
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116 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 

card, or is an applicant for membership therein by 
-deposit of a proper card, is the A.T.P. W. of the year in 
which the card was issued and bears date. It should 
■be given him by one of the chief officers of his own 
Lodge or Encampment. Grand Officers can impart it 
only in the line of official duty. Even the Grand 
-Sire has no right to authorize a Grand Master to com- 
municate the A.T.P. W. to the holder of a withdrawal 
card to enable him to visit. 

U.S. 3876, 1251, 3513; U.S. Digest of 1847, 34. 
2 497. If a brother applying for a visiting or final 
card be absent from the location of his Lodge or En- 
campment, so that lie can not obtain the A.T.P. W. 
with his card in person, it is the duty of the proper 
officers, upon the granting of such cards, to transmit 
the same to the brother, and also send therewith a let- 
ter in the following form, to wit: 

Lodge, for Encampment,) No ,) 

, State of , >■ 

day of 18 ) 

To the Noble Grand of any Lodge of the I.O.U.F. 

{or Chief Patriarch of any Encampment:) 

The bearer, Brother (or Patriarch) holding a 

legal Card from this dated this day of. , 

18 for the period of. months, is en- 
titled to the A.T.P. W. for the current year, which please com- 
municate to bim after due examination, whereupon you will re- 
tain or destroy this letter. 

(Seal.) N. Grand (or C.P.) 

Attest: •.., Secretary i^or Scribe.) 

U.S. 3560-61. 

I 498. Any 1S T .G. to whom the order for the A.T. P.W. 
is presented with the card not only may, but must, 
invest the holder with the T.P. W. ' U.S. 2146. 

§499. Any N.G. receiving an order for the S.A. 
P. W. must give the same. The order for the A.T. P. W. 
must be given bv the officers as a matter of course, and 
without a vote of the Lodge. 111. Ill, 162. 421, 444. 

# 500. Brothers retiring on the E. P.W. use the same 
on returning, except when the Lodge is open in the 
degrees; in which case the degree P.W. is used. 

111. 1855, 22. 

§ 501. Any brother who has retired and wishes to 
reenter the Lodge the same evening may use the 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 117 

Y.G.'s E.P.W. or the explanation of the P.W. of the 
current term. U.S. 5249. 

I 502. The Annual P.YV. of the Degree of Rebekah 
should be given by ladies at the outer door. 

U.S. 1933. 



Chapter XVII. 

Cards, Visitors, Withdrawals, and Resignations. 

§ 503. A card is only prima-facie evidence that the- 
holder is a member of the Order: other evidences or 
tests are required to prove him such. The designa- 
tion of rank in the card only shows the degrees in 
which a brother may be proved. U.S. 4015. 

\ 504. The Gr.L.U.S. "has prescribed the forms of 
Visiting (called also traveling) cards, and of Withdrawal 
(called also final, permanent, or clearance) cards; and 
no visiting or withdrawal cards must be used but 
those sold by that body, bearing a fac-simile of the 
countersignature of the Grand Corresponding Secre- 
tary ; the signature of a State Grand Secretary is not 
necessary, though formerly made so in some jurisdic- 
tions. A card in use must be signed by the N.G. and 
Secretary (or C.P. and Scribe) of the subordinate is- 
suing it, and the holder must write his name on the- 
margin, which he must do in the presence of the- 
officer from whom he receives the A.T.P.YV. ; it must 
also have the seal of the body issuing it. The rank 
of the holder must also appear upon it. 

U.S. Bv-Laws, XIY; U.S. 677-8-9, 816, 911, 2665,. 
3111. 

\ 505. During the war of the rebellion, some of the- 
southern jurisdictions issued cards of their own de- 
vice, being unable to procure those issued by the 
G.L.r.S. Therefore, in 1865, that body 

Resolved, That visiting and withdrawal Cards heretofore issued 
by any Southern jurisdiction, countersigned by the Grand Secre- 
tary and attested by the seai of the Grand Body issuing the same,, 
shall be taken and deemed to be as effectual as if the same had 
borne the countersignature, or a facsimile thereof, of the Grand 
Secretary of the Grand Lodge of the United States. 

U.S. 3801. 



118 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 

§506. A Lodge may not refuse either a visiting or 
a withdrawal card to a brother asking for it (except 
as provided in § 517) if he is free from all legal dis- 
qualification [he must he free from pending cha 
from any information in the hands of the Noble Grand 
upon which charges may be based, and from indebted- 
ness for dues of all kinds]. A suspended or dropped 
member can not ask for a card. If there is reason to 
refuse to grant a visiting card, a withdrawal card 
should not be granted. The fact that a brother pro- 
poses to visit or reside in a climate deemed hazardous 
is not a good reason for refusing him a visiting card. 
U.S. 2488, 2-31-3-lx. 17o9. 

$ 507. Indebtedness for money loaned on security 
is not cause for refusing a withdrawal card. 

111. Ill, 24, See the Seaman case, U.S. 3262-3. 

\ 503. If a person elected to membership does not 
consummate his membership by signing the constitu- 
tion, the Lodge has no right to grant him a with- 
drawal card, d 373.) 111. V. 13. 

# 509. Upon regular application, a withdrawal card 
must be granted to the applicant, if there are no char- 
ges against him : or, if the card is refused upon ballot 
I \ 517), then a certificate must be given; but the cer- 
tificate may not he tendered until the card has been 
refused. ' 111. IV. 234. 

i/ 510. All applications for withdrawal cards in 
Lodges in Illinois must be made by the applicant in 
person, or in writing signed by himself; and Lodges 
may not require applications for cards of either kind 
to come through any particular officer. If a Lodge, 
violating this law, grants a final card on a proxy 
application, the grant is void if the brother to whom 
it is granted refuses to accept it. 

111. 111,90; 1856,18; V, 13. 

^ 511. "When the by-laws of a Lodge provide that 
applications for withdrawal cards must lie over for 
one week for action, a card granted on the night of 
application is illegally granted, and the Lodge can 
rescind its action, and the brother's connection with 
his Lodge is not severed. A vote granting a with- 
drawal card upon the condition that dues be paid be- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 119 

fore the card is issued is illegal, and does not sever 
connection with the Lodge: the dues must be paid 
before the vote. 111. Ill, 548 ; V, 13. 

§512. A Secretary has no right to withhold a card 
which has been granted by a Lodge, and for doing so 
he is liable to arraignment, even if the responsibility 
be assumed on the alleged discovery of crime on the 
part of the intended recipient. But when the local 
law requires payment for a card, the 'Lodge, 'or the 
officer whose duly it is to issue it, has the right to re- 
quire pavment therefor before delivering it. 

U.S. 1840, 2482. 

§ 513. A Subordinate Lodge having granted a with- 
drawal card to a member, and afterward ascertaining 
that, by mistake or otherwise, he was in debt to the 
Lodge, the Lodge can not legally call on him for said 
indebtedness, unless fraud or wrong on his part be 
shown. But if a brother taking a withdrawal card 
has paid his dues in advance, the Lodge must refund 
them. And if a brother asks for a withdrawal card, 
and it is granted, but he does not take it, and con- 
tinues to pay dues to the Lodge, he is not a member, 
and his dues must be refunded to him. 

111. 1853, 70; 1856, 20, 18; 1855, 24. 

\ 514. Between application for a withdrawal card 
and vote thereon, charges may be preferred against 
the applicant; and a vote on the application may 
not be had until the charges are withdrawn [dis- 
missed], or a trial had. U.S. 1992. 

§ 515. A Lodge may not entertain an application 
for a final card when information against the appli- 
cant is in the hands of the Noble Grand ; and in such 
case that officer must refuse to allow the application 
to be voted on. Notice of an intention to prefer 
charges or lay an information amounts to nothing; 
the information must be actually put in the hands of 
the Noble Grand to authorize withholding the card; 
though it is allowable for a Lodge to postpone action 
on application for a withdrawal card for one week 
when there is statement that the applicant is liable 
to charges. 111. I, 244, 301, 310; 1856, 43, 225. 

| 516. Cards can be granted by vote of a Lodge only, 



120 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

and never by its officers without vote. The appli- 
cant may withdraw his application at any time be- 
fore the' vote is taken. U.S. 1085, 1885, 3635. 

£ 517. Subordinate Lodges and Encampments must 
vote by ballot upon all applications for final cards 
made in accordance With existing laws: and the af- 
firmative vote of a majority of the members present 
is necessary to the granting of such cards. If upon 
such ballot a majority of the members present refuse 
their consent to the granting of a final card to an ap- 
plicant therefor, such applicant, upon the payment 
of all dues and tendering a written resignation of his 
membership, and not being otherwise disqualified, is 
entitled to receive from the Secretary or Scribe, 
under seal, a certificate that he has resigned his 
membership; and such certificate is sufficient evi- 
dence that the brother was in good standing at the 
time of his resignation: Provided, That upon the re- 
fusal of a Lodge or Encampment to grant such with- 
drawal card, the member applying for the same has 
the right of appeal to the Grand Lodge or Grand En- 
campment of his jurisdiction. U.S. 3827, 4716. 

§ 518. A card can not be granted in recess, but may 
be granted at a special meeting. A majority vote is 
sufficient to grant a card, and the vote may be taken 
in the usual way; a ballot is unnecessary except upon 
withdrawal cards (g 517), though the vote may be so 
taken. 111. 1857, 94, 174. 

§519. Brothers holding cards of either sort are 
amenable to the subordinates that issued them for 
good conduct, and are subject to their penal laws. 
They are entitled to visit Lodges (or Encampments 
on Encampment cards) during the terms for which 
their cards are given, which is expressed on the face 
of a visiting card and is always one year for a with- 
drawal card. A brother taking a visiting card re- 
mains a member of his Lodge, and is entitled to claim 
the courtesies of the Order and assistance in sickness 
or distress; but when a member applies for a with- 
drawal card, for whatever purpose, the act shows a 
desire to relinquish his membership; and the vote 
granting the card severs his connection with his 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 121 

Lodge, whether the card be taken or not, and cuts off 
all claims upon the Lodge or the Order, except right 
to visit and to apply for renewal of membership. 

U.S. 677-8, 2151, 2628, 787, 1080, 1101. 

\ 520. Having granted, issued and delivered a visit- 
ing card to a brother, the Lodge can not recall the 
card, or nullify it, unless the brother obtained it 
through fraud or deception, or for offense committed 
previous to granting the card, of which he must be 
convicted upon a charge and by a trial ; and he may 
be tried without any revoking of the card. 

111. Ill, 160; 1856,225. 

§ 521. The time for which a visiting card shall be 
granted is to be determined by the subordinate which 
issues it. When the time has expired for which a 
visiting card was granted, it is the duty of the brother 
holding it to return it to the Lodge or Encampment 
which granted it. Usage; U.S. 677. 

§ 522. On the expiration of a visiting card, it may 
not be prolonged or extended; if the brother wishes 
to continue to enjoy visiting-card privileges, he must 
return his card to his Lodge and get another in the 
regular way. 111. Ill, 159. 

# 523. If a Lodge or Encampment becomes defunct 
or is suspended or expelled, the validity of with- 
drawal cards previously granted by it is not affected; 
but a visiting card in such case is of no force, and can 
not be recognized. U.S. 1470. 

§ 524. A member holding an unexpired-visiting card 
from his Lodge at the time when it surrenders its 
charter is entitled to the benefit of the provisions of 
Art, II, Sec. 3, of the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge, 
and will receive a certificate equivalent to a with- 
drawal card, upon application to the Grand Secre- 
tary. 111. 1855, 23. 

[To members of defunct Lodges or Encampments certificates 
having the force of withdrawal cards are issued, under certain 
circumstances. See the chapter on Defunct Lodges, and § 525.] 

§ 525. Certificates issued to members of an extinct 
subordinate by the proper officers of the State Grand 
Body, in conformity with the laws of the Grand Lodge 
of the United States, do not require countersignature 



122 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' digest. 

of the Grand Corresponding and Recording Secretary 
to make them available, hut all such certificates are 
to be recognized by every subordinate to which they 

may be presented — whether in or out of the jurisdic- 
tion issuing them — as having the same force and ef- 
fect, and entitling the holders thereof to all the priv- 
ileges of a card of withdrawal issued by an existing 
subordinate in good standing. (§889.) No form for 
them having been prepared by the G.L.U.S., Grand 
Bodies may prepare and issue such certificates for 
their own jurisdictions, which should set forth on 
their face the circumstances of the case, and be signed 
by the Grand Master and Grand Sec' v. with the seal 
of the Grand Lodge. * U.S. 3876. 3021. 

§526. A Lodge may not issue any other letter of 

recommendation than a regular card, or a certificate 

of former standing in the Order in case of loss of card. 

111. 1856, 19. 20, 128. 

§ 527. The granting of a visiting card to an officer is 
a matter of course upon his request, and never gives 
him leave of absence. Nor does the holding of a 
visiting card deprive a brother of office, or the power 
to hold office, or of any other right of a member. 
But if a financial officer refuses to settle his accounts 
and deliver every thing belonging to the Lodge and 
in his possession, he can not demand a final card ;- and 
the Lodge may refuse the card until his accounts are 
adjusted, and he is clear of the books and free from 
all charges. U.S. 2758, 4240, 4374. 

§ 528. It is proper to certifj r upon the back of a visit- 
ing card the fact that the holder is not entitled to 
benefits, and to specify the time when he becon 

111. 1856, 23-4. 

§529. A withdrawal card after one year from its 
date becomes invalid for visiting; the holder of it 
can not even be introduced by an elective Grand Of- 
ficer under his privilege {\ 129): but it remains good 
as evidence of former standing in the Order, upon 
which the holder may rejoin the Order (§ 350). When 
a card of withdrawal has been lost or destroyed, tl.e 
Lodge which issued the same may grant a certiticate 
under seal setting forth the fact of such original issue ; 



ILLIXOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIC4E5T. 123 

and the certificate so granted may be used in ]ieu of 
a card as evidence of previous good standing. 

U.S. 1841, 4993, 1921. 

§530. In case of the loss of a withdrawal card, a 
Lodge may grant its holder a duplicate, of the original 
date, signed by present officers [if the old officers are 
not accessible; and it should be marked on its face 
as a duplicate]. If the application be made before 
the expiry of the original, the Lodge should grant the 
duplicate: otherwise, the granting of it is optional, 
and a certificate may be given to show that a card 
had been granted. If the card was not made out and 
given before the expiry of its year of currency, it 
.should be made out afterward, if desired. 

111. 1855, 77; III, 516. 

\ 531. A Lodge or Encampment may at any time 
during one year from the granting of a withdrawal 
card, and only within that year, annul the same for 
any good cause existing at the time of issue and not 
known till afterward, or arising during the year, un- 
less it has been deposited meanwhile for membership 
in another subordinate. The effect of such annul- 
ment is toot to expel the brother from the Order, but 
to bring him back into the Loda*e to be tried. 

U.S. 1216, 1722, 3030, 2145. 

§ 532. The annulment of a withdrawal card as pro- 
vided for in the preceding section creates a quasi- 
membership for a specific purpose and for no other; 
the accused is not made a full member again. He is 
not entitled to benefits, nor do dues accrue against 
him. If he be acquitted upon trial, or if he be sus- 
pended for a time, his card or a duplicate must be re- 
turned to him at the end of the trial or term of sus- 
pension, the redelivery of which again severs his con- ' 
nection with the Lodge and his quasi-membership, 
and places him in precisely the same position in which 
he would have been had not his card been annulled. 
A Lodge may call upon the holder of a withdrawal 
card to surrender the same; but such an act on the 
part of the Lodge is equivalent to annulling the card. 
111. Ill, 169, 182, 193 ; 1855, 26, 125, 127. 



124 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

\ 533. The vote by which a withdrawal card is 
granted can not he reconsidered or rescinded. 

U.S. 4716. 

[In 1856 (Jour. p. 24), the G.L. Illinois held that, in accordance 
with the common parliamentary rule, a Lodge might, on the 
night of granting a final card or on the next night, reconsider 
its action "and allow the application to be withdrawn, unless the 
card had been made out and delivered, in which case the action 
could not be reconsidered. This decision is now overruled.] 

\ 534. A member holding a withdrawal card may 
surrender the same to the Lodge from which he re- 
ceived it, and thereby sever his connection with the 
Order, and release the Lodge from any control over 
him. ' * 111. 1856, 36. 

\ 535. A card of withdrawal is the absolute property 
of the holder, and is an evidence of his former good 
membership; and when he offers to deposit it. and 
thus gain admission into a Lodge, if rejected, they 
have not the right to mutilate the card hy indorsing 're- 
jected' thereon, but must return it to him as received. 
if it is deposited for membership in a jurisdiction 
where signing the constitution is required to consum- 
mate membership, and the candidate after election 
fails to make such signature, he may. if he chooses to 
decline membership, demand the return of his card; 
and the Lodge must return it. 

U.S. 1449, 1963, 4860. 

\ 536. A Subordinate Lodge may, by a vote of two- 
thirds of its members present, grant a card to the wife 
or widow of any member, on application therefor, to 
be signed by the officers of the Lodge, and counter- 
signed by the recipient on the margin. Such card, if 
granted to the wife of a member, can not remain in 
force more than one year; but if granted to a widow, 
it continues valid during her widowhood. The G.L. 
U.S. has given a form for such card. It has also given 
a form for a card for a lady having the Degree of Re- 
bekah; but it does not print and sell either of these 
cards. U.S. *U, 2929,4855. 

The Rebekah card is not that authorized in 1868, which is a 
certificate of membership in a Rebekah-Desree Lodgp ( \ 875 : it 
is a card, lobe given for a definite time. The year previous [857 . 
the G.L. 111. had adopted a Eebekah-Degree card of different 
form. See Appendix.—///. 1857, 78. 192.] 

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ILLIXOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 125 

visit any Lodge (or Encampment) in his own state 
upon the proper term password; but if he desires to 
visit Lodges beyond the limits of his state, he must 
take with him either a visiting card or a withdrawal 
•card, in the form prescribed by the Grand Lodge of 
the United States, and also the traveling password. 
A withdrawal card is a "proper card' for visiting, in 
the sense of those words in the constitution. But a 
brother can not be admitted to a Lodge upon En- 
campment card, nor vice versa. 

U.S. Const. XVt, 1; U.S. 677-8, 2560, 1150, 1291. 
§ 538. When a visiting brotner presents himself at 
the door of a Lodge or Encampment, it is his duty to 
-send in his card by the Guardian or Sentinel. If the 
card be authentic, the presiding officer appoints a 
committee of three members of the Scarlet Degree to 
■examine the visitor. In- a Lodge, one member of this 
committee must be the X.G. himself, the Y.G., or the 
sitting P.G., or some other brother known to be in 
possession of the traveling password. In an En- 
campment, one member must be the Chief Patriarch 
himself, the Senior Warden, or some Patriarch known 
to be in possession of the traveling password, and the 
other members must of course be of the Royal-Purple 
Degree. It is the duty of the proper member of the 
examining committee in the first place to obtain the 
traveling password privately from the visitor; the 
word is to be lettered, and the visitor must commence. 
The committee must then examine the visitor in the 
degree in which the Lodge or Encampment is open, 
and in cases of doubt they may extend their examin- 
.ation to the other degrees. If the examining com- 
mittee be satisfied with the result of the examination, 
they will introduce the visitor into the Lodge or En- 
campment without further ceremony. 

U.S. 690, 912, 1114, 4467; U.S. Digest of 1847, pp. 

37, 38. 
§ 539. A card stating the rank of the holder thereof 
is not sufficient or conclusive evidence to entitle him 
to the privileges such rank confers ; he must be proved 
in the work of the degree expressed on the card. How- 
ever, if the card states the holder thereof to be a Past 



126 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

Grand, and he is not able to prove himself in the 
work of that degree, from not having received it, the 
fact as set forth in the card is sufficient evidence to 
entitle him to the privileges such rank confers. Thus, 
any Lodge which he visits or to which he is admitted 
must recognize him as a Past Grand, and give him 
P.G.'s regalia. U.S. 4015. 4407. 

\ 540. The legal course to pursue with a visiting card- 
presented without the holder's signature is, to return 
it to him, without remark other than 'It is informal.' 

111. III. 549. 

£541. If a visitor is found to have the A.T.P.W. of 
the current year, but his card is dated in some other 
year, by clerical error or otherwise, any Lodge to 
which he presents himself cannot admit him, because 
of the informality. The Lodge can not go behind the 
face of the card and correct supposed errors. 

111. IV, 8 and 52. 

\ 542. A Lodge has the right to examine a brother 
visiting by card every time he presents himself for 
admission; and he must be introduced by the com- 
mittee after each examination. But it is not impera- 
tive to make the formal examination upon each visit;, 
after the visitor has been once recognized, the ex- 
amination and formal introduction may be dispensed 
with, if the Lodge choose; but the presiding officer 
[or officer in charge of the door] should see that the 
card has not expired. U.S. 2561, 2923. 2990. 

^ 543. The holder of a withdrawal card when visiting 
the Lodge from which he drew his card must be ex- 
amined and admitted just as brothers are admitted 
on cards from other Lodges: he has no special rights 
or privileges. Nor can a brother to whom a with- 
drawal card has been granted be admitted without 
password and examination, whether he has taken the 
card or not. 111. I, 100 ; 1856, 2) >. 21 . 

\ 544. A visiting brother holding a card in due form, 
but being destitute of the A.T.P.W., can not be ad- 
mitted to visit a Lodge, even upon the testimony <>f 
those who know him to be an Odd-Fellow. It is 
never legal that one brother should vouch for another. 
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ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 127 

P.W. and card in its examination of a visiting brother 
from a different jurisdiction, but should use all the 
means necessary to satisfy itself of the correctness of 
the visitor. " 111. 1855, 24 ; III, 24. 

\ 545. When a member desiring admission as a visit- 
or proves himself correct in the regular mode of ex- 
amination, it is improper to require him to affirm 
his membership by any test oath, or other obligation. 

U.S. 1074. 

\ 546. A visiting brother can not be examined and 
admitted to a seat in the Lodge before the Lodge has 
been opened; nor does the privilege of elective Grand 
Officers {\ 552) allow them to introduce visitors prior 
to opening, as thev must be received in open Lodge. 

U.S. 1244. 

§ 547. A Lodge can not refuse to admit as a visitor 
a brother who presents himself as such with proper 
card and the A.T.P.W. or an order for it, whatever 
may be known or believed respecting illegality in his 
initiation, or immorality in his conduct : immorality 
should be reported to the Lodge granting the card, 
that it may deal with him. But a Lodge has an in- 
herent right to protect itself from disorder, the want 
of decorum, and violations of the ordinary propri- 
eties of life. U.S. 1723, 1885, 2787. 

§ 548. A Lodge may protect itself from violence, 
insult, and disorder, upon actual occurrence or dem- 
onstration of such wrong; but it must not be anti- 
cipated or presumed : this power of protection must 
be called forth only by actual demonstration. 

111. Ill, 443. 

§ 549. A Lodge or Encampment may visit a sister 
Lodge or Encampment in a body, when accompanied 
by one of their first two officers, who may introduce 
them in the manner provided for the introduction of 
visitors by elective Grand Officers (§ 552). And this 
law gives a Lodge or Encampment the right to visit 
outside its own jurisdiction without cards or the 
A.T.P.W., under its presiding officers. 

U.S. 2990, 4467. 

§ 550. In case of visitation by a Lodge in a body, 
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128 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

animation and be known as [or be proved to be] such 
officer; and the Lodge visited may require other evi- 
dence of membership than the mere vouching of the 
officers of the visiting Lodge. 111. IV, 194. 

[The compiler inserts this last clause, though with doubt of its 
validity.] 

\ 551. Officers and members of Sid (ordinate Lodges 
and Encampments, when visiting another Lodge or 
Encampment in a body, and introduced by their own 
officers, are not entitled to be received with 'the hon- 
ors of the Order'. U.S. 

g 552. Elective Grand Officers may introduce as vis- 
itors, without examination, brothers in good stand- 
ins 1 , including the holders of unexpired withdrawal 
cards. (See g| 129 and 155.) U.S. 3513. 

£ 553. A member in good standing and free from 
indebtedness may withdraw from the Order, without 
card, upon a written resignation of membership. 
which completely severs him from the jurisdiction 
of the Order. A renunciation of Odd-Fellowship ia 
not a legal resignation. of membership, and has no ef- 
fect upon membership or standing in the Lodge. 

U.S. 805-^,1449, 471'!. 

\ ^'A. A Lodge is not bound to accept a resignation 
of membership when there is known ground for 
charges against the brother offering it; but in that 
case measures must be taken to bring the charges im- 
mediately: otherwise, the resignation must be ac- 
cepted. A resignation may not be received or acted 
on while an information or charges are pending 
against the brother offering it. No further action is 
necessary on a resignation to which there is no ob- 
jection than to have the fact entered on the record. 
111. 1,301,310; V, 82; 1853, 30. 

[This rule, originating in Illinois in Oct. l.so2, was set aside < Kit. 
1870, under the erroneous statement that there was no law pre- 
venting a resignation when under information or charges : reen- 
acted, Oct. 1871.J 

§555. A Dismissal Certificate (g 744). does not en- 
title its holder to visit a Lodge or Encampment. 

U.S. 5182. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 129 



Charter ^VIII. 

Degrees and Bank. 

§ 556. The Degrees in use at the founding of the 
Order in America were three, the White, Blue, and 
Scarlet. In 1820, two degrees, called the Intermediate, 
now the Covenant and Remembrance, were prepared 
by Johx P. Entwistle, and were adopted by the Com- 
mittee of Past Grands, acting as a Grand Lodge. (U.S. 
43.) In the first Constitution of the G.L. of Md. and 
the U.S., the White, Blue and Scarlet are called the 1st, 
2d and 3d degrees; the Golden-Rule is called the 4th 
degree, and was conferred in Grand Lodge, for the 
fee of $1.00. There was some P.G.'s degree, as any 
brother coming in as a member was to work his way 
in part 'by the sign of a P.G.' ; there was also a 
G.L. degree, as the G.W. and G.C. were to instruct 
the admitted member 'in the signs, etc.'(U.S. 45: 
Arts. 5 and 16.) Further recognition of the Past 
Grand's Degree is in 1823 (U.S. 52), in the requisition 
that each member shall give the P.G.'s S. and P.W. 
before admission. Instances of the conferring of the 
Remembrance Degree in the Grand Lodge appear in 
1823 (U.S. 59, 61). The other Past Official degrees ap- 
pear in the resolution that "the past elective officers 
can receive their respective P.W's at the time of the 
quarterly meeting to settle accounts."(U.S. 64.) The 
Royal-Purple Degree first appears in 1825, called the 
5th degree; and its color was put upon G.L. ..char- 
ters before it had been received .and given to those 
authorized to receive it. The Patriarchal Degree 
next appears, April 20th, 1825, in the record that 
"P. G. McKormick received a degree while at Man- 
chester which he was authorized to confer on G.M. 
Wildey and D.G.M. Welch ; which duty he had per- 
formed." For this degree a fee of SI. 00 was charged 
by the G.L.U.S. (U.S. 78). Thus, the Patriarchal, 
G.R. and R.P. degrees were conferred in G.L., and 
given with a Grand Charter (U.S. 80). In exchange 
for these new English degrees, the Americans pre- 
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130 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

sented to the A.M.C. (Annual Movable Committee, or 
Grand Lodge) of the M.U. (Manchester Unity) the 
Covenant, Remembrance and G.L. degrees, of which 
thev rejected the latter (U.S. 91). A body was organ- 
ized May 6, 1827, to confer the P., G.R. and R.P. de- 
grees, called 'the Encampment Lodge', which was 
the first Encampment. The G.E. Degree was adopted 
in 1842, and at the same time certain 'side degrees' 
for Encampments, viz., the Past-Official degrees of 
P.C.P. and P.H.P. (U.S. 490); but in 1844 these 
P.O.D's were abolished (U.S. 664, 675, 688). The Re- 
bekah Degree was adopted in 1851 (U.S. 1793-4). The 
statement that the G.L. U.S. sits in the R.P.D. is sim- 
ply from the fact that that is the highest degree its 
members are required to attain. 

g 557. The names of the several degrees of a Lodge 
are these: First or White Degree; Second or Cove- 
nant Degree; Third or Royal-Blue Degree; Fourth 
or Remembrance Degree ; and Fifth or Scarlet De- 
gree. The degrees must be taken in this order. They 
may be designated by numbers or by their emblem- 
atic colors, except the second and fourth, which are 
not named by their colors in the Degree Charge-Book 
[nor properly so named in the writings of the Order]. 

U.S. 346. 

*$* The term 'Initiatory Degree' is used to signify 
that grade or position in the Order into which one is 
brought by initiation, before taking any of the de- 
grees proper, above named. A meeting is said to be 
in the Initiatory Degree when held so as to admit all 
members irrespective of grade. 

# 558. A brother is eligible for degrees when he has 
been in membership one month, to wit, on the fourth 
regular meeting after his initiation, and no sooner; 
provided, however, that, upon sufficiently urgent 
reasons, degrees may be given sooner upon a dispen- 
sation obtained from the Grand Master or the Deputy 
in charge of the Lodge. (See #154.) And, unless 
most urgent necessity be proven, not more than three 
degrees can be conferred on a brother at any one 
meeting. 

Const. Subs. VIII, 1; 111. 1856, 20; III, 420, 487. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 131 

I 559. Application for degrees must be made at a 
regular meeting of the Lodge when open in the Ini- 
tiatory Degree : ballot thereon must be had on the 
same evening, when the Lodge is open in the degree 
applied for; but the time of conferring the degrees is 
left to the control of subordinates, subject to local 
legislation. [Prior to 1854, it was allowed, unless lo- 
cal law forbade, to hold the ballot in the Initiatory 
Lodge, those only voting who had the degree.] 

U.S. 2211. 4S15, 2768 ; 1124, 1502. 

$560. A member desiring to obtain any of the de- 
grees shall make known his wish to the Secretary, 
who, after having received the proper fee therefor, 
shall, at the proper time, make application for the 
same in open Lodge, at a regular meeting thereof, 
giving name of applicant and degree or degrees ap- 
plied for, which must be entered upon the records 
and the subject referred to degree session; where- 
upon the Lodge shall, after having been closed in the 
Initiatory Degree, be opened in the degree or degrees 
applied for, when the application or applications 
shall be balloted upon in the respective degrees; and 
such ballot shall be had in all things according to. § 2 
of Article II of the Constitution of Subordinates (§227, 
above); but the conferring of the degrees may be 
done at special meetings called for that purpose, 
which the KG. may call. [From Oct. 1868 to Oct. 1871, 
the law required that the name of the applicant for 
degrees should not be announced in the Initiatory 
Lodge.] 

Const. Subs. VIII, 3, adopted 111. V, 82-3; 111. IV, 
211-2; III, 487. 

§ 561. It is illegal for a Deputy to grant a dispensa- 
tion to allow the conferring of a degree for which reg- 
ular application has not been made to the Lodge. 

111. IV, 202. 

\ 562. Xo more than one candidate for degrees 
should be balloted for at the same time. (See § 361.) 

111. Ill, 160. 

§563. When a ballot has been had on an applica- 
tion for degrees, and they have been refused to the. 



132 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

applicant, six months must elapse before his applica- 
tion can be again balloted upon. 111. I, 219. 

\ 564. The fees for degrees applied for must be paid 
when the application is made, before the ballot. If 
the applicant has arrearages against him when he goes 
to the P.S. to pay for them, what he pays the P.S. goes 
in the first place to settle arrears as they stand on the 
books, so that he is obliged to pay enough for both 
arrears and degrees. If the by-laws require that a 
certificate of payment be presented in the Lodge 
when open for conferring the degrees, the acting X.G. 
must not confer them without it. 

111. Ill, 443; 1856, 19, 238; I, 243. 

2 565. The character and conduct of an applicant . 
for degrees previous to his admission into the Order 
can not affect his eligibility to degrees; but when a 
brother is a candidate for degrees, the brothers voting 
on his application should be guided solely by their 
judgment on the question whether he is, at the time, 
worthy or not. 111. I, 119. 214. 

§ 566. Degrees may not be conferred by a committee 
or special part of the Lodge assigned for that pur- 
pose: it is the duty of the N.G. to confer degrees. 
(See § 266.) A Scarlet-Degree member may be called 
to assist the X.G., but may not confer the degrees. 

111. I, 148 ; 1856, 19. 

2 567. A Subordinate Lodge, before proceeding to 
ballot to advance brothers in the degrees, must be 
closed in the Initiatory Degree in form and manner 
as prescribed in the Charge-Book, and, after having 
been regularly closed in the form provided, the Lodge 
must then be opened in the degree or degrees applied 
for, in the form and manner provided in the Degree 
Charge-Book, page 3, and may not be opened again in 
the Initiatory ; and when a Lodge is open in the first 
degree, and has concluded the business to be transact- 
ed in such degree, and desires to open in the second 
degree, the Lodge must close in the first degree before 
opening in the second degree, in the manner and 
form prescribed by the Degree Charge-Book ; and the 
same rule applies to all degrees. 

U.S. 4187, 4202,3876. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 13$ 

"The Degree Charge-Book does not use the term ' to close ', nor 
any thing equivalent, in reference to passing from work in one 
degree to work in another. There is no other form than that of 
page 3 in the book.] 

\ 568. A member of the Order who has taken the 
degrees of the Manchester Unity can not be con- 
sidered to be in possession of the degrees of the 
I.O.O.F. 111.1855,21. 

§ 569. No Lodge can confer degrees upon a member 
of another Lodge but with the consent of the Lodge to 
which the member belongs. If this law be violated, 
the Lodge conferring the degrees must pay the 
amount of fees to the Lodge of which the recipient of 
the degrees was a member. But the Degree of Rebekah, 
being a side degree, may be conferred without the 
consent of the Lodge to which a brother belongs. 

By Laws U.S. XII ; U.S. 4069; U.S. Digest of 1847,. 
}). 53, two sections numbered #3; G. Sire's in- 
structions, in Reb-Deg. Charge-Book. 
" # 570. An application to authorize a brother to re- 
ceive his degrees away from the location of his Lodge- 
must be made to his Lodge at a regular session, and 
not to its degree meeting, which can not act on it. 
The Lodge may not give a certificate to receive the 
degrees until the fees are paid. It is the duty of any 
Lodge, upon the presentation of a duly-authenticated, 
degree certificate, if the brother is in good standing, 
to confer the - degrees upon the candidate holding and 
presenting such certificate. U.S. 4240, 4069. 

§571. The N.G. may [rather, must] call special 
meetings to confer degrees [whenever there are not 
-regular degree meetings to meet necessities]. Degree 
meetings may not in any case interfere with' the 
regular business of a Lodge, nor supersede or be held 
in place of its regular meetings. 

111. 1856,234; 111,267,487. 

\ 572. Xo charges, lectures, degrees, ceremonies or 
regalia can be used, unless prescribed by the G.L.U.S. 
(See $ 467, above.) Nor is it consistent with propriety 
for any one to make or use any writings relating to 
the degrees or rank of the Order, unless the same be 
done under authority of the Grand Lodge of the Unit- 
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134 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

degree work is to be used by Subordinate Lodges in 
all cases. U.S. 1785, 3512. 

§ 573. No Lodge-room of tbe Order may be used for 
the rehearsal or conferring of any degrees orsecret work 
not authorized by its existing laws. Any officer of a 
Grand or Subordinate Lodge who aids or permits such 
degrees to be conferred in a Lodge-room of the 
Order is guilty of violation of its laws. But this law 
is not to be applied to affect the proceedings of other 
secret associations not under the color of Odd-Fellow- 
ship, but meeting in the Lodge-rooms of this Order. 
[Rehearsal of the 'Old Work' is thus prohibited.] 

By-Laws U.S. XX, in g 46: U.S. 3877, 4855. 

2 574. 'Rank' refers to the highest grade or title at- 
tained. U.S. 4993. 

§575. The term 'rank' as used in the Order means 
some times office held or past; some times, the po- 
sition of a member in his Lodge by reason of receiving 
the higher degrees. 111. 1856, 23, 129. 

[It is known to the compiler of this Digest, who was also a 
member of the committee that gave the above revised definition, 
when reviewing G. Master's decisions, that Grand Master Arm- 
strong gave his decision solely with reference to the use of the 
word in the lecture of the Scarlet Degree, in a sentence about 
being in position to obtain rank in the Order.] 

^ 576. If a Past Grand, member of a Grand Lodge, is 
expelled from that body, retaining membership in 
his subordinate, he ranks in his Lodge as a Past 
Grand. U.S. 4129, 4197. 

^ 577. Degree Lodges are bodies chartered by Grand 
Lodges for the purpose of conferring degrees only; 
they were first formed in Pennsylvania about 1830, 
and are the creatures of local legislation entirely, 
though recognized by the G.L.U.S. The first Degree 
Lodge in Illinois was authorized at Alton, in 1839; 
the next in Chicago, in X850; and a third in Peoria, 
in 1856. Prior to the session of the Grand Lodge in 
1860, all these had surrendered their charters. For 
history of them as appearing on the journals, and for 
legislation respecting them, see the references. 

U.S. Digest, title 'Degree Lodges'; U.S. 108, 868, 
951, 1476, 1399, 1449, 3180; 111. I, 9, 213; 1856, 96, 
123,152; III, 152, 168. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 135 

[Degree Lodges can confer degrees only on certificates issued 
by Subordinate Lodges, in which application must be had and 
voted on. Qualifications for office are determined by local legis- 
lation. The presiding officer is called Decree Master, but has no 
title or honorary distinction as a Past Officer.— U.S. 1440, 1476.] 

- ; V :: " Concerning P.O. Degrees, see Chapter XII; con- 
cerning the G.L. Degree, see Chapter II, §§ 37 and 45; 
and concerning the Rebekah Degree and Rebekah- 
Degree Lodges, see Chapter XIX ; on Records of De- 
gree Lodges, see § 808. 



Chapter XIX. 

The Rebekah Degree and Rebekah-Degree Lodges. 

§ 578. The Degree of Rebekah is an honorary or side 
degree, conferred as a privilege, of which members 
are not required to avail themselves, but which is to 
be conferred upon Scarlet-Degree members and upon 
their wives, if they desire to receive it. It may be 
claimed as a right by all such, without ballot; and no 
fee or pecuniary compensation for it may be charged. 
One Lodge may confer it upon a member of another 
Lodge and upon his wife without consent of the 
Lodge to which he belongs, if he be in good standing. 
(2 913.) 

U.S. 1793, 1841, 2561, 3181 reversed by 3234, and 
Instructions in Reb-Degr. Charge-Book. 

g 579. The Grand Lodges subordinate to the G.L. LT.S. 
are not required to accept the Rebekah Degree and to 
give it to their subordinates : acceptance is at their 
option. U.S. 5191. 

$ 580. Except when conferred in a Rebekah-Degree 
Lodge, the Rebekah Degree can be conferred only by 
the regular officers of a Subordinate Lodge, at a 
special meeting of the Lodge held for that purpose. 

111. Ill, 162. 

§ 581. The widow of an Odd-Fellow who had not 
attained the Scarlet Degree, but who was in good 
standing at the time of his death, may receive the 
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136 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS DIGEST. 

which her husband was a member at the time of his 
death. U.S. 3230, 4384. 

g 582. Those ladies who were wives of Odd-Fellows 
of the Scarlet Degree in good standing on the 20th of 
September, 1851, and who have since become widows 
and remain so, may receive the Degree of Rebekah 
from the Lodges of which their husbands were mem- 
bers, the bodge assenting, and other ladies being 
present with their husbands for initiation into the 
degree. U.S. 1934. 

I 583. The wife of an Odd-Fellow who holds a with- 
drawal card, herself having the Degree of Rebekah, 
has a right to a seat in a Lodge when open in that de- 
gree, so long as the card is current, if she is accompa- 
nied by her husband. 111. IV, 8. 

i/ 584. Grand Lodges are authorized and empowered 
to institute Degree Lodges of the Daughters of Re- 
bekah, at such places as they may deem proper with- 
in their territorial limits, to possess the powers and 
enjoy the privileges following: 

(1) To confer the Degree of Rebekah on such Scar- 
let-Degree members and their wives as present a cer- 
tificate from a Lodge located in the district designated 
in the charter of such Degree Lodge, and also to con- 
fer the said degree on widows of Odd-Fellows pre- 
senting certificates from Lodges of which their hus- 
bands were members at the time of their decease. 

2 To elect and appoint their own officers in the 
manner prescribed by their by-laws. * The elective 
officers to consist of a N.G., V.G., Secretary, and 
Treasurer, and, if so provided in their by-laws, a Fi- 
nancial Secretarv. The appointed officers to consist 
of a W., O, O.G., I.G., R. and L.S. of X.G., R. and 
L.S. of V.G. Any member of the Lodge shall be 
eligible to any office in the Lodge except that of N.G., 
which office shall be rilled by a P.G. in good standing 
in his Lodge, and except W., O.G., and I.G., who shall 
be Scarlet-Degree members. All officers to hold their 
offices for six months or one year, as prescribed by 
the Subordinate Grand Lodge. 

(3) To hold regular and special meetings, as pro- 
vided by the by-laws. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOAYS' DIGEST. 137 

(4) To fix and establish dues, to be paid monthly, 
quarterly, semi-annually, or annually, as the by-laws 
may provide, and to provide by by-laws when' those 
in arrears for dues shall be dropped from the roll of 
members. Any brother or sister within the district 
designated in the charter may become a member on 
paying the dues provided by the by-laws ; and any 
brother may continue such member so long as he re- 
mains a member of his Subordinate Lodge in good 
standing and pays his dues to the Degree Lodge, and 
any sister may remain a member so long as she re- 
mains his widow and pays her dues to the Lodge. 
All Degree Lodges shall consist of at least ten mem- 
bers, five of each sex, and all in good standing shall 
participate in the proceedings of the Lodge. 

(5) To pay and disburse from the funds of the 
Lodge, for the relief of the sick, the destitute, or the 
distressed, from time to time, as a majority of the 
members present shall by vote determine, or as shall 
be otherwise provided by the by-laws. 

(6) To establish such by-laws and rules of order, 
not inconsistent herewith or with the rules, usages 
and general regulations of the Order, as they may 
deem proper, subject, however, to the approval of the 
Grand Lodge to which thev are subordinate. 

U.S. 4383-4. 
I 585. The Grand Lodge of Illinois, in 1869, accepted 
the authority to create Rebekah-Degree Lodges; and 
the Grand Master is authorized to grant dispensations 
on the application of not less than ten qualified mem- 
bers (five of each sex), if there be no other Rebekah- 
Degree Lodge in the place, and ten of each sex if there 
be already one or more such Lodges in said place, to 
work in the Degree of Rebekah, in accordance with 
the laws of the Grand Lodge of the United States. A 
petition for a charter must be accompanied by a cer- 
tificate of the standing of the applicants, signed by 
the Secretary and under the seal of the Subordinate 
Lodge in which their names are enrolled as members 
of the Degree of Rebekah, and the fee for charter and 
the Degree Books, wdiich fee is ten dollars. A uni- 



138 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

form constitution for R.D. Lodges is adopted, as set 
forth in g 586. 111. IV. 299. 

I 586. The following (Jour. G.L. 111. IV, 209, 300. 433 
and 139, sessions of 1869-70) is the 



CONSTITUTION OF REBEK AH-DEGREE LODGES. 

Article I. — This Lodge shall be constituted by not 
less than ten members, including one qualified to 

preside at its meetings, and shall be known as ■ 

Rebekah-Degree Lodge, No. , I.O.O.F., of 

of the State of Illinois. 

Article II — This Lodge shall confer the Degree of 
Rebekah on such Scarlet-Degree members and their 
wives as present certificates from Lodges located 
in their vicinity, and on widows of Odd-Fellows pre- 
senting certificates from Lodges of which their hus- 
bands were members in good standing at the time of 
their decease. [Form of certificate see in § 587, be- 
low.] 

Article III.— I 1. The Elective Officers of the Lodge 
shall consist of a Xoble Grand, Vice Grand, Secretary, 
and Treasurer. 

g 2. The Appointed Officers shall consist of a Ward- 
en, Conductor, Outside Guardian, Inside Guardian, 
Right and Left Supporters of the X.G., Right and 
Left Supporters of the V.G. ; and the X.G. may ap- 
point a Chaplain. 

\ 3. Past Grands in good standing in their Subor- 
dinate Lodges, and none othei'S, shall be eligible to 
the office of X.G. Any member of the Lodge shall 
be eligible to any other office, except that of Warden, 
Outside Guardian, and Inside Guardian, for which 
Scarlet-Degree members only shall be eligible. 

§ 4. The term of office in this Lodge shall be for 
one year, commencing on the first day of January of 
each year. 

£ 5. The election of officers shall take place at the 
last stated meeting in December, and they shall be 
installed at the next stated meeting thereafter. 

Article IV. — |L Xo fee shall be required for con- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 139 

ferring the Degree of Eebekah ; but the Lodge may 
require such dues to be paid as the By-Laws may pre- 
scribe, and provide when those in arrears shall be 
dropped from membership^: Provided, That all mem- 
bers who fail to pay their dues for one year shall be 
dropped from the roll. 

2 2. No ballot shall be had upon the admission of 
members; but any member of the Degree of Eebekah 
may become a member of this Lodge on signing the 
Constitution and paying the dues required by the 
Lodge ; and any brother may continue a member so 
long as he remains a member of his Subordinate 
Lodge and pays his dues in this Degree Lodge; and 
any sister may remain a member so long as her hus- 
band is entitled to a remain a member, or so long as 
she remains his widow and pays her dues to this 
Lodge. 

\ 3. Ten members shall constitute a quorum for the 
transaction of business. 

^ 1. This Lodge shall pay and disburse, from the 
funds of the Lodge, such amounts for the relief of 
the sick, the destitute, or distressed, and for the edu- 
cation of the orphan, as the majority of the members 
may determine or the By-Laws prescribe. 

Article V. — § 1. The duties of all officers in this 
Lodge shall be the same as those of a Subordinate 
Lodge, so far as the same may be applicable to this 
degree. 

$ 2. The officers shall report semi-annually, on the 
last meetings in June and December, to each Lodge, 
the names of brothers of such Lodge, and of sisters 
who are wives or widows of members of sucli Lodge, 
on whom the degree has been conferred. [Further 
report required, see in § 588, below.] 

Article VI. — £ 1. This Lodge may adopt such By- 
Laws, not inconsistent with this Constitution, or 
with the rules, usages and general regulations of the 
Order, as they may deem proper, subject to the ap- 
proval of this Grand Lodge. 

\ 2. The regular and special meetings of this Lodge 
shall be at such times as the By-Laws may prescribe. 



140 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

\ 3. Rules of Order to facilitate the business of the 
Lodge may also be adopted. 

\ 587. The certificates for conferring the Degree of 
Rebekah must be as follows: 

Hall of Lodge, No , I.O.O.F., i 

Illinois, 18 j 

To Rebekah- D< arte, Lod<ie Xo 

You are hereby authorized and requested to confer the Degree- 

of Rebekah upon Brothers , and upon the wives 

of Brothers , and the widows of Brothers 

who made application for the Degree in this Lodge,. 

and who are entitled to receive the same. 
Yours in F., L. and T., 

- SE ^ ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::; 2&. 

111. IV, 300. 

\ 588. Rebekah-Degree Lodges are required to report 
to the Grand Secretary in January of each year, be-" 
side what is required in g 580, Art. V, 2, these items: 
Total cash received during the year; total disburse- 
ments for relief or charity; total, number of initia- 
tions; number of deaths; and loss in membership 
from all otiier causes. Necessary blanks for all re- 
ports which R.I). Lodges are required to make to the 
Grand Secretary are to be furnished by him. 

111. IV, 438. 

\ 589. The organization of a Rebekah-Degree Lodge 
in any district does not supersede or interfere with 
the right of any subordinate in the. same district to 
confer the Rebekah Degree. U.S. 4052. 

'{ 590. Members of one Rebekah-Degree Lodge hav- 
ing become charter members of another R.D.L. with- 
out resigning or withdrawing from the first-named 
Lodge, it was held that the first R.D.L. had no fur- 
ther jurisdiction over them. 111. V, 13. 

g591. Except in jurisdictions whose laws provide 
otherwise, Degree Lodges of the Daughters of Re- 
bekah are authorized to ballot on all applications for 
membership in such Lodges, and a majority vote of 
all members present and voting is necessary for an 
election to membership. U.S. 5187. 

Illinois law provides otherwise, and prohibits balloting for 
members : \ 586, IV, 2.j 

'/ 5(»2. The time in which a rejected applicant for 
membership in a Rebekah-Degree Lodge may renew 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 141 

the application is left to the State Grand Lodges. 
[No law adopted in Illinois vet, since members are 
not elected : \ 591.] U.S. 5187. 

\ 593. The proper manner of voting in a Degree 
Lodce of the Daughters of Rebekah is by 'ves' and 
•'no'. " U.S. 4716. 

§ 591. A number of Subordinate Lodges can not le- 
gally establish a Union Degree-of-Rebekah Lodge, 
and hold regular meetings thereof for conferring and 
working that degree. Societies of the Degree of Re- 
bekah, composed of ladies in possession of that degree, 
the meetings of which are opened in that degree, the 
the regalia worn, and the work of that degree used, 
*ire irregular, unauthorized, and in contravention to 
the legislation of the Grand Lodge of the United 
States. But there is nothing in the laws of the G.L. 
U.S. to prevent the members of the Rebekah Degree 
from organizing for the purpose of promoting the 
cause of benevolence. U.S. 373s, 3739, 2561. 

[These prohibitions and permission are valid still, and refer to 
other organizations than the Rebekah-Degree Lodges provided 
for in \l\ 584-86.J 

1 595. Rebekah-Degree brothers and sisters of a 
Lodge may organize a society for social or benevolent 
purposes', adopt such by-laws as may suit them, and 
elect to such offices as they may create either brothers 
or sisters, as they choose ; but they may not meet as a 
Lodge, or confer the Degree of Rebekah, or use the 
signs or passwords of the degree, or use the Lodge 
installation books to install their officers. 

111. Ill, 161. 

[The permission and the prohibition of this section refer to 
other organizations than the legally-chartered Rebekah-Degree 
Lodges.] 

'V* Concerning Passwords of this degree, see §§ 
484, 502; concerning its regalia, see §§ 613, 614; con- 
cerning the R.D. as a qualification for office, see § 235 ; 
concerning a form of charter for R.D. Lodges, see 
$ 177 ; Concerning cards and certificates of member- 
ship, see §2 536, 875. 



142 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

Chapter XX. 

Regalia, Jewels, Emblems, and Flag. 

\ 596. The regalia of a member who has taken no- 
degrees is a plain white apron, without a collar or 
other badge. The unofficial members (except Past 
Grands) wear white collars trimmed as follows: First 
Degree, with white; Second Degree, with pink; Third 
Degree, with blue; Fourth Degree with green: Fifth 
Degree, with scarlet. The elective officers wear col- 
lars trimmed with white or silver, and of color> as 
follows: The KG., scarlet; the Y.G., blue; the Secre- 
taries and Treasurer, green. The appointed officers 
wear sashes of colors as follows: O.G. and Supporters 
of X.G., scarlet; I.G. and Supporters of Y.G., blue; 
Warden and Conductor, black; Chaplain and Scene 
Supporters, white. AH members may wear rosettes 
displaying the colors of the degrees they have taken. 
Those who have the Royal-Purple Degree may wear 
on the collar rosettes of black, yellow and purple, 
which may be in connection with the other colors, or 
in a separate rosette. 

By-Laws U.S. XXII, as revised in 1868-9, U.S. 4358, 

4668. 
iy.fi. Aprons. — Prior to September, 1868, the apron 
was part of the regalia of the Order for every rank, office 
and degree, except for Grand Representatives and for 
ladies of the Rebekah Degree: by legislation of that 
year it was abolished, except in the Initiatory grade 
of the Lodges, and in the P. and G.R. Degrees of the 
Encampment. 

U.S. Digest of 1847, pp. 27-30; U.S. 18, 19; By-Law 

U.S. XXV before 1868: or 111. Diuest of 1864, 

\l 295-6, 601. 
1 598. Past Grands wear scarlet collars (or sashes) 
trimmed with white. The collars and sashes of Past 
Grands may be trimmed with silver lace or fringe. 
Those who have -taken the Royal-Purple Degree may 
have trimmings of yellow metal. The regalia of 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 143 

Grand Officers and Past Grand Officers [and of mem- 
bers] of Grand Lodges is the same as that prescribed 
for P.Gs. U.S. By-Law XXII. 

§ 599. Supporters wear the same regalia in Degree 
meetings as in the Initiatory or business meeting's. 

111. V, 12. 

\ 600. The Grand Lodge of Illinois provides regalia 
at its sessions for its officers only: hence, every un- 
official member must furnish regalia for himself. 
[Law adopted in 1809 : prior to that the Grand Lodge 
had regalia for its members.] 111. IV, 289. 

§601. The jewel for a P.G. is a five-pointed star; 
for a X.G., crossed gavels; for a Y.G., hour-glass; for 
a Secretary, crossed pens; for a Treasurer, crossed 
keys; for a Warden, crossed axes; for a Conductor, 
crossed wands ; for a Guardian, crossed swords ; all to 
be made of white metal. 

U.S. Digest of 1817, pp. 28, 29, amended in 1870; 
White's U.S. Digest, § 1615. 

§ 602. The jewel for a Past Grand Master is the sun 
with the hand and heart; for a Grand Master, the sun 
with the scales of justice impressed or engraved 
thereon ; for a Deputy Grand Master, a half-moon ; for 
a Grand AVarden, crossed gavels; for a Grand Secre- 
tary, crossed pens; for a Grand Treasurer, crossed 
keys : for a Grand Conductor, Roman sword ; for a 
Grand Guardian, crossed swords ; for a Grand Marshal,' 
a baton; all of the said jewels to be of white metal. 

U.S. Digest of 1847, p. 29. 

§ 603. The regalia for a Grand Representative con- 
sists of a collar of purple velvet, not more than four 
inches in width, with a roll of scarlet velvet; the 
trimmings to be of yellow metal, and the collar to be 
united in front with three links, to which may be 
suspended such medal or medals as the member may 
be entitled to wear. Past Grand Representatives and 
the Officers and Past Officers of the Grand Lodge of 
the United States wear the same regalia as Grand' 
Representatives. The jewel of a Grand Represent- 
ative or Past Grand Representative is a medal, three 
inches in diameter, of yellow metal, having on one 



144 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

side the coat of arms of his state, surrounded by an 
ornamental edging of silver. U.S. By-Laws, XXII. 

g 604. Past officers of every description, and mem- 
bers in possession of Encampment Degrees, and all 
other members of the Order, when visiting Grand or 
Subordinate Lodges or Encampments, are entitled to 
wear the regalia and jewels pertaining to the highest 
degree which they have taken. 

U.S. By-Laws, XXIY; U.S. 281-2. 

I 605. Except by a visiting brother, the Encampment 
regalia can not be worn in a Grand Lodge [or Subor- 
dinate]. Members of a Grand Lodge, however, who 
have received the Royal-Purple Degree, may wear on 
their regalia in Grand Lodge the colors of the En- 
campment, black, oold and purple [§ 596]. 

111. I, 143. 

§606. All Grand and Subordinate Lodges and En- 
campments are required to furnish their officers with 
the jewels appertaining to their stations; and the 
jewels must be worn by the officers during the trans- 
action of business; and while these bodies are in 
session, their members are required to be clothed in 
suitable regalia. U.S. 1290, 4431. 

£ 607. Suitable regalia means that which pertains to 
the office which a member rills ; or, if he is not filling 
an official station, then the regalia showing his high- 
est degree or past-official rank. 

G.L.U.S. rule, reported by G. Rep. in 111. 1857, 144. 

£ 608. A member filling an offiee, either tempora- 
rily or permanently, must wear the resralia of that of- 
fice. But if a P.G. acting as Warden should not have 
assumed the regalia of that office, yet is recognized as 
Warden by the X.G. and receives orders accordingly, 
the members of the Lodge should not refuse to give 
him the P.W. ; but they may object to his disorder 
in some other way. U.S. 2175. 

§609. A brother filling a station temporarily and 
wearing its regalia may not wear any other: he 
must not wear two regalias at once. A Lodge may 
not require members to furnish themselves with re- 
galia: it is specially required to furnish officers' re- 
galia. 111. Ill, 159; 1854,67-8; IV, 237. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 145 

§ 610. No brother is entitled to enter or leave the 
Lodge-rooni unless clothed in regalia, If an officer, 
and his regalia be in his chair in the Lodge-room, he 
must enter in regalia of his degree, and there ex- 
change it for his official regalia. 

Charge-Book; U.S. 2699. 
[In stead of the words in regalia of his degree, above, the Jour- 
nal reads, in a scarlet regalia, if of that degree : tiiis shows that it is 
not required of all officers to be of the Scarlet Degree. See V A 235. 
241.] 

# 611. A Lodge can not require a Junior P.G. upon 
ordinary occasions to wear other regalia than that 
usually worn by P.Gs., nor can it deprive him of any 
of his rights or privileges in the Lodge-room for re- 
fusing to do so. 111. Ill, 24. 

$612. Subordinate Lodges and Encampments are 
forbidden to appear in public in procession or in pub- 
lic display with regalia, except upon occasions dis- 
tinctly authorized by the Grand Lodge or by dispen- 
sation from proper autliority: but the funeral of a 
brother is an occasion not requiring special permiss- 
ion (g 196, above). U.S. 392-3. 

$613. The regalia to be worn by the Daughters of 
Rebekah is specifically described in the provisions of 
the Rebekah Degree, as found on the pages of the se- 
cret journal and printed in tbe Degree-Book, and the 
addition of gold or silver trimming thereto is irregu- 
lar, and contrary to the laws of the Order. The col- 
ors of the degree are pink and green intertwined or 
combined in a, collar, bow, rosette, or ornament. 

U.S.- 2623, and Reb. -Degree Bk. 

§ 614. In a Rebekah-De°Tee Lodge tbe brethren 
wear the regalia to which they are entitled in a Sub- 
ordinate Lodge. Ladies wear collars of tbe Degree of 
Rebekah, and in addition, if elected or appointed to 
offices, the jewels of their respective offices. 

U.S. 4489, 4647. 

§ 615. The funeral regalia consists of a black "crape 
rosette, having a centre of the color of the highest de- 
gree to which the wearer may have attained, to be 
worn on tbe left breast; above it a sprig of evergreen, 
and below it (if the wearer be an elective officer) the 
jewel or jewels which as such he may be entitled to 
10 



146 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

wear. In stead of or in connection with the above 
funeral regalia, there may be worn, as the Grand 
Lodges and Grand Encampments determine, the re- 
galia prescribed as Odd-Fellows' regalia. 

U.S. 961, 1239, 1240. 

$ 616. Each Lodge is allowed, in attending the fu- 
neral of a deceased brother, to wear such regalia 
known to the Order as it may deem just and proper. 

111. I, 166. 

\ 617. The ordinary mourning badge to be worn by 
brothers, in memory of a deceased brother, is a strip 
of Mack crape, passed through one button-hole of the 
left lapel of the coat, and tied with a narrow ribbon 
of the highest degree to which the wearer has at- 
tained. U.S. 961. 

i/618. Xo regalia is legitimate except that which is 
prescribed by law: hence, the use of crooks, swords, 
belts, gauntlets and all military paraphernalia not so 
prescribed arc inadmissible, and a flagrant violation 
of law. [Chupeaux were included in the prohibition 
in 1870, but stricken from it in 1871. See, also, En- 
campment regalia, in subsequent chapter.] 

U.S. 4716,5197,5246. 

\ 619. Xo officer or brother has the right to alter 
any orHhe regalia of the Lodge without its consent 
[for example, to ehamre a P.G.'s regalia to a Xoble 
Grand's]. 111. IV, 198, 237. 

i/ 62<». Clause (1) Xo member of the Order may, ei- 
ther directly or indirectly, use or sanction the use of 
any of the emblems, the name, or any of the titles, 
or the mottoes, or the initials thereof, of the Order, 
in the prosecution of any private business or enter- 
prise. 

(2) Xo member or officer of any Lodge or Encamp- 
ment of this Order may, either directly or indirectly, 
u<e or permit the use of his name, as such member or 
officer, in any private business or enterprise. 

(3) A member of the. Order may not use any of its 
emblems, its name, or any of its titles, its mottoes, or 
the initials thereof, in any advertisement or public 
display not authorized by some law of the Order. 

(4) Any member of the Order or officer of a Lodge 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 147 

or Encampment who shall be guilty of any of the 
offenses defined and set forth in the three preceding- 
clauses shall be considered guilt} T of a fraud upon 
the Order, and shall be suspended or expelled from 
membership, at the option of his Lodge or Encamp- 
ment. 

(5) The foregoing shall not be construed to apply to 
any periodical or newspaper published in the inter- 
ests of the Orde"r, in good faith, by a member or mem- 
bers of the Order in good standing: unless such pub- 
lication shall, under cover of the interests of the 
Order, give publicity to any of the signs, emblems, 
mottoes, or other secrets of the Order, in ad- 
vertisement or otherwise, for the benefit of indi- 
viduals or companies, or for the advancement of 
their own private interests. But if any such periodi- 
cal or newspaper shall offend against the provisions 
of this regulation, it shall be the duty of the M.W. 
Grand Sire to warn said periodical or newspaper to 
discontinue such conduct, and in the event of the 
continuance of such publications or advertisements, 
and persistent disobedience to said warning, it shall 
be the duty of the Grand Sire to prefer charges against 
the offending party or parties, before his or their Sub- 
ordinate Lodge; and it shall be the duty of such 
Lodge to arraign and try the party or parties so 
charged, and upon conviction of the offense, to sus- 
pend or expel the offender. U.S. 5143, 5199. 

I 621. In 1868, the G.L.U.S. adopted the pattern of 
a flag for the Order, to be the same for Grand and 
Subordinate Bodies, as follows: The flag to be manu- 
factured of white material — either bunting, satin, 
or cotton cloth, as may be selected by those desiring- 
one. The proportions to be ll-19ths of the length 
for the width. The emblems to consist of the three 
links, to be placed in the centre of the flag, the letters. 
I.O.O.F., and the name of the state, district or terri- 
tory using it. [The emblems and letters are] to be 
painted or wrought in scarlet color, and [the flag to 
be] trimmed with material of the same color. Wher- 
ever the flag is to be used by the Encampments, there 
shall be added two crooks, to be painted or wrought 
in purple color. U.S. 4395, 4418, 5168, 5206. 



148 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

Chapter XXL 
Funerals. 

§ 622. Respecting the order and proceedings on oc- 
casion of the funeral of a brother, the law prescribes 
that, at the appointed hour, the Subordinate Lodge of 
which such brother was a member shall meet at its 
Lod°re-room, and the Noble Grand, or, in his absence, 
the Vice Grand, or, in the absence of both, the senior 
Past Grand present, shall appoint a Marshal and such 
number of Assistant-Marshals as may be required; 
the Lodge shall then pass in procession from the 
Lodge-room to the place from which the funeral may 
have been appointed to start, in the following order: 

1. The Marshal, wearing a black scarf, and bearing a baton 
bound with black crape. 

2. The Outside Guardian, bearing a red staff in like mourning. 
?>. The Scene Supporters, bearing white wands in like mourn- 
ing. 

4. Members of the Initiatory Degree, in order of juniority, two 
abreast. 

5. Members of the White, Covenant, "Royal-Blue, Remem- 
brance and Scarlet Degrees, respectively, in like order. 

6. Members of the Lodge having the Patriarchal, Golden-Rule 
and Royal-Purple Degrees, respectively, in like order. 

7. The Past Grands of the Lodge, in the order of juniority/ 

8. The Inside Guardian, bearing the regalia and insignia indic- 
ative of the rank in the Order of the deceased brother. 

9. The Treasurer, Assistant, Permanent or Financial secretary 
or Secretaries, and the Secretary of the Lodge. 

10. The Vice Grand, supported by his R. and L. Supporters, 
each bearing his wand of office bound with a band of black crape. 

11. The Chaplain, wearing a white scarf, and supported by the 
Warden and Conductor, each bearing his staff of office in like 
mourning. 

12. The Xoble Grand, supported by his R. and L. Supporters, 
each bearing his wand of office in like mourning. 

Invited brethren will take places with the mem- 
bers of the Lodge, according to their rank. The 
Lodges, when more than one attend, shall be arranged 
in order of juniority preceding the Lodge conducting 
the ceremonies. If, at the time of his death, the de- 
ceased brother was a member of an Encampment, the 
Encampment may attend the funeral in a body, in 
order similar to that prescribed for Lodges, and shall 



ILLIXOIS ODD-FELLOAVS' DIGEST. 149 

take the position in line designated as No. 6; but in 
all cases the funeral ceremonies shall be conducted 
by the Subordinate Lodge — except that if the brother 
was a past or present elective officer of a Grand Lodge 
or Grand Encampment, then the ceremonies may be 
conducted by such Grand Lodge or Grand Encamp- 
ment. U.S. 3960. 

£ 623. On arriving at the place appointed for the 
starting of the funeral, the brothers shall take posi- 
tion in the above order, immediately before the 
corpse, and shall precede it to the place of interment.. 
On arriving at the place of interment, the procession 
shall open to the right and left, and allow the corpse,, 
mourners, etc., to pass through, the brothers on ei- 
ther side, uncovered, the hat held in the left hand of 
each, and joining hands with each other. And after 
the passing of the corpse, mourners, etc., between the 
two lines, the brothers shall again form in reversed 
order and proceed to the grave. 

After the performance of such religious service as 
the friends of the deceased may cause there to be per- 
formed, and before the final closing of the grave, the- 
brothers shall form silently, and as nearly as may be 
according to the order above set forth, uncovered, the 
hat in the left hand of each, and joining hands with 
each other, in one or more circles, as regular as the 
nature of the ground may admit, around the grave; 
when the Chaplain, or, in default of a Chaplain, the 
Noble Grand, may address the brothers and offer up 
a prayer, or may address the brothers without the of- 
fering of prayer ; and after such address or prayer, or 
both, or, if there be no address or prayer, then after a 
pause suited to the solemnity of the occasion, the- 
Noble Grand shall advance singly to the head of the 
grave, and cast into it with the right hand the sprig- 
of evergreen from his regalia, and shall return to his 
place ; whereupon, the brothers from left to right, in 
regular succession, and in such numbers at a time as. 
not to cause confusion, shall advance to the grave, 
and shall cast into it (each with the right hand) the 
sprig of evergreen from their regalia, and shall return 
to" their places. And after all have done this, and 



150 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

the grave shall have been filled up or closed, the 
brothers shall silently form again in procession, ac- 
cording to the order observed in coming to the place 
of interment, and shall return in such order to the 
Lodge-room, where the Noble Grand shall declare the 
funeral ceremonies to be closed. U.S. 962. 

\ 624. The following address and prayer may be 
used at a funeral, as directed above, or may be omit- 
ted entirely, if the Lodge prefers; but if any address 
and prayer are used, the prescribed form must be 
followed. IT.S. 1115. 

Funeral Address. — We are assembled, my breth- 
ren, to render the last office which the living may 
minister to the dead. 

Man is born to die. The coffin, the grave, the sep- 
ulchre, speak to us in language that can not be mis- 
understood, however unheeded it may be, of 'man's 
latter end'. Youth, in its harmlessness and compar- 
ative innocency, and manhood, with its wonted vigor 
and pride of strength, are not more exempt than de- 
crepid and tottering age from the fixed law of being 
which dedicates all that is mortal to decay and death. 

This truth is inscribed in the great volume of Na- 
ture upon its every page. The beautiful and the sub- 
lime which the handiwork of the Creator displays on 
our every side fearfully associate the unerring cer- 
tainty of the end of all things, amid the vividness of 
the moral which they are ever suggesting to the con- 
templative mind. 

Day after day, we are called upon to follow our fel- 
low creatures to that bourne from whence no traveler 
returns: but from the house of mourning we go forth 
again to mingle in the crowded world, heedless, per- 
haps, of the precarious tenure of life and the certainty 
of that end to which all flesh is rapidly tending. He 
who gives the vigor of body without warning para- 
lyzes the stout heart and strikes down the athletic 
frame. The living of to-day become the dead of the 
morrow. 

Men appear upon and disappear from the stage of 
life, as wave meets wave and parts upon the troubled 



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waters. "In the midst of life we are in death." He 
whose lips now echo these tones of solemn warning 
in turn will be stilled in the cold and cheerless house 
of the dead, and, in the providence of God, none may 
escape. 

Let us, then, so far improve the lesson as to be pre- 
pared for that change which leads to life eternal. 

Prayer. — Our Father and our God, who art the 
resurrection and the life, in whom whosoever be- 
lie veth shall live though he die, and whosoever liveth 
and belie veth in thee shall not die, — hear, we beseech 
thee, the voice of thy creatures here assembled, and 
turn not away from our supplications. 

We humbly beseech thee so to. imbue us with a 
conviction of our entire helplessness and dependence 
upon thee that we inay be brought to meditate upon 
the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death. In 
the dispensation of thy providence, thou hast sum- 
moned from amongst us our brother, and w T e, the sur- 
viving monuments of thy mercy, are gathered togeth- 
er to commit his remains to the earth. Give, God, 
we beseech thee, thy Holy Spirit to us, whom thou 
hast spared; increase our knowledge, and confirm 
our faith in thee, for ever. 

[Bless and comfort, we pray thee, those whom it 
has pleased thee to acid to the number of the discon- 
solate ; buoy them up under this heavy stroke, sus- 
tain them against despondency. ! wilt thou be 
their Father and their God, and pour down from on 
high thy blessings upon their heads.] Bless, 
Heavenly Father! the brethren here assembled; im- 
bue them with the wisdom of thy laws, and draw 
them unto thee by the cords of thy inestimable love ; 
impress them with their duty to each other as breth- 
ren, and their obligations in the various relations of 
human life; and, finally, bless our beloved Order 
throughout the globe. Preserve its principles and its 
purposes from innovation ; sustain it from the shafts 
of enmity ; protect it from self-immolation, and shield 
it from all evil, and unto thee we shall render the 
praise for ever. Amen. 



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"For several years the adoption of a new funeral ceremony has 
been under consideration, but none proposed has met with 
favor." 

\ 025. A Lodg'e has not the right to use the funeral 
service or wear the regalia on the occasion of the de- 
cease of a sister of the Degree of Rehekah ; nor is there 
any law authorizing a Lodge to wear the regalia on 
the occasion of the funeral of -the wife of a hrother. 

111. 1856, 109; 111,9.,, 

\ 020. It is the duty of every Lodge of the I.O.O.F. 
to see that the hodies of its [unsuspended?] meml ers 
who may die are decently and properly buried, rnd 
to provide for the payment of all necessary funeral 
expenses: and the members of the Lodge must be re- 
quired to turn out at funerals (for the burial of any 
deceased brother by a committee only is strictly for- 
bidden), without regard to the [pecuniary '?] standing 
of such members at the time of death, or whether 
such members were then beneficial or otherwise. 
And if the by-laws so provide, the members not at- 
tending the funeral ought to be fined. The only 
class of persons who have connection with the Lodge 
that are excluded from the privilege of burial by it 
are [the members suspended for cause? audi the so- 
called dropped members. 111. IV, 447-8. 

'The compiler does not feel authorized to alter or reject the 
foregoing- section, though he regards parts of it as not legal in 
their present unlimited form. He holds it to be contrary in part 
to the law of the G.L.U.S. in * 716 ( U.S. 2561 >. "A brother sus- 
pended from membership in his Lodge is thereby cut off from 
all benefits and privileges; and in case of his death during such 
suspension, the Lodge incurs no new liability on account of his 
decease " This law plainly puts members suspended for cause 
or for N.P.D into the same position : neither one has any of the 
privileges or benefits of membership, whether the suspension be 
a dropping or for a definite time, however short. Again, the 
G.L U.S. relegates to local legislation the propriety of extending 
funeral honors to brothers in arrears but not under charges at time 
of death * \ 65, clause "i : this limitation would surely exclude a 
suspended person. The compiler regards the words which he 
inserts in brackets and with a question-mark as necessary to 
bring the enactment within the limits of strict legality. For 
other remarks on this law, see \ 433.] 

§ 627. Members of a Lodge who have been summoned 
to attend the funeral of a brother are liable under Lodge 
by-laws to penalty for non-attendance, if not present 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 153 

as Odd-Fellows, with their Lodge, even though present 
at the funeral in the ranks of another society. 

111. Ill, 485. 

§ 628. ft is inexpedient and improper for a Lodge to 
unite in any public expressions of regret for the death 
of a distinguished citizen, unless the deceased was a 
member of the Order. 111. I, 209. 

f'This is not construed as prohibiting the Order from uniting 
with civil authorities in expressions of regret for the death of a 
distinguished civil, officer." — III. Ill, 553. On occasion of the 
death of President Lincoln, Grand Master Barry invited the 
Order to attend the obsequies.— 111. Ill, 552. ] 

"*y iJ Concerning regalia to be worn at funerals, and 
proper badge of mourning, see §§ 615-16-17. 



Chapter XXII. 

Jurisdiction, and Offenses. 

$629. All Lodges must punish their members who 
may be guilty of immoral conduct or violate the 
principles of the Order or the laws thereof; and after 
conviction on charges duly preferred, such punish- 
ment must be awarded as is required by the laws of 
the Lodge. Lodges failing or refusing to award 
punishment for immoral conduct are liable to forfeit 
their charters. Any member who shall violate any 
of the principles of the Order, or offend against the 
constitution or the by-laws of his Lodge, shall be 
sub]ect to be fined, reprimanded, suspended, or ex- 
pelled, as the by-laws may direct, usage require, or 
the Lodge determine. 

By-Laws 111. II, 5; Const. Subs. VI, 1; 111. I, 290; 
V, 22. 

[This section is illustrated by the appealed cases decided by the 
G.L. 111., concerning which see 1 771.] 

§ 630. One Lodge can not try a member of another 
Lodge, nor exclude him from fellowship, nor pass a 
vote of censure upon him. No brother can he pun- 
ished by any other than his own Lodge or the Grand 
Lodge. " 'U.S. 2759; 111. I, 151; 1854, 54; III, 182-3. 

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154 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

ber to pursue in cases where members of other Lodges 
are regarded as unworthy is to prefer charges against 
them in pursuance of the laws of the Order, or to re- 
port their misconduct to their Lodges, (g 547.) 

U.S. 1723, 2759. 

#632. An Encampment can not expel from the 
Order, but only from its own body; hence, trials 
should, if possible, he had in Lodges, as loss of mem- 
bership in a Lodge severs connection with an En- 
campment. U.S. 4467. 

§633. A Grand Lodge has no power to appoint a 
committee of its body to try a brother of a Subordin- 
ate Lodge. It may, however, order a Subordinate 
Lodge to try a member; and such order the subor- 
dinate must obey. U.S. 4993. 

g 634. A member of the Order can not be disciplined 
by his Lodge for deeds done before he became an 
Odd-Fellow. 111. I, 119, 251, 254. 

^ 635. If an unworthy person is initiated, he can lie 
expelled only after trial upon legal charges ; his initia- 
tion can not be made void. If he was guilty of fraud 
in obtaining membership, he can be punished there- 
for. (See §469 on fraud as to age. But if a person 
is admitted under age by mistake, without fraud, no 
action is necessary.— 111'. 1856, 24.) U.S. 1475, 2146. 

§636. A Lodge granting a withdrawal card has 
jurisdiction for one year over the brother holding it, 
and should discipline him for immoral conduct; if, 
however, within the year, and before discipline is 
begun by his Lodge, he joins another Lodge, the first- 
named Lodge has no jurisdiction over him. After 
the lapse of one year from the granting of a card, the 
holder is beyond the jurisdiction of the Order if he 
has not deposited it [that is, obtained membership bv 
it]. U.S. 1722, 3030, 1401, 1476. 

§ 637. A member may be tried by his Lodge for 
offenses committed after he became an Odd-Fellow 
but before he joined that Lodge. 111. I, 254. 

§ 638. When a member has been dropped for non- 
payment of dues, his connection with the Lodge is 
not entirely severed, and he is still under its juris- 
diction. If charges w T ere pending against him at the 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 155 

time of dropping, the trial must proceed. [Dropping 
for X.P.D. in Illinois takes the place of indefinite 
suspension for X.P.D., and such dropped persons 
stand in the same relation to the jurisdiction of the 
Lodge as under former laws or general laws persons 
.stood when suspended for X.P.D. This appears in 
the enactment of the G.L.U.S. in 1870 on non-pay- 
ment (U.S. 4848, § 744), wherein the words 'suspended 
or dropped' are used several times, evidently as 
equivalent terms; and 'suspension' is used to refer 
to the action of the Lodge which has before been ex- 
pressed by 'suspended or dropped.] 111. Ill, 247. 

§639. An officer of a Lodge, in addition to his lia- 
bility to discipline as a member of the Lodge, is also 
liable to trial and penalty for official misconduct, or 
misconduct in his duties as an officer, the penalty for 
which depends upon local laws and the nature and 
degree of the offense. (See § 731, below.) But if the 
official misconduct also impugns his character as a 
man and an Odd-Fellow, he is liable to separate trial 
and penalty, on charges regularly preferred, for con- 
duct unbecoming an Odd-Fellow. U.S. 1318. 

§ 640. The following are cases of official misconduct, 
by existing decisions : 

(1) Unauthorized use of the seal of the Lodae. 

111. 1853. 49. 

(2) Refusal of a Treasurer who has funds of the 
Lodge in his possession to pav orders legally drawn 
on him. 111. Ill, 159. 

(3) Xeglect of official duties by leaving the Lodge 
during its session. (But see § 651.) 111. 1856, 117. 

§641. To arraign brothers on questions relating to 
political controversies is contrary to the principles 
of the Order; but the Grand Lodge of the United 
States declined to assert, as a general principle, that 
such matters may never furnish ground for arraign- 
ment. U.S. 1061. 

§642. The G.L.U.S. declined suing before civil 
tribunals certain delinquent D.D.G. Sires, regarding 
such suits as a scandal to the Order. It directed the 
G. Secretary to inform their several Lodges, that these 
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156 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOAVS' DIGEST. 

between members which involve property rights, it, 
held thatcivil contracts, frequently involving, as they 
do. long, intricate and conflicting accounts, requiring 
close and patient scrutiny and impartial investigation, 
should always be submitted to the legal institutions of 
the land, rather than adjudicated bv any authorities 
within the Order. U.S. 2209-10, 2311, 3252, 3263. 

g 643. The subject of indebtedness between brothers 
or to a Lodge, where there is ability to pay and a 
failure to do so, is proper ground for charges, provided 
the circumstances seem to show dishonesty or inten- 
tion of fraud, but not otherwise: and it is proper 
under the principles of the Order, but it may not be 
required by the laws of Lodges, that such differences be- 
tween brothers be settled by the Lodge in preference 
to courts of law, if possible. Hence, a Lodge has no 
right to require brothers to appear in open Lodge, and 
there arrange, amicably, a matter of indebtedness. 
It forms no part of the rights or.duties of Subordinate 
Lodges to litigate and decide upon the pecuniary lia- 
bility of members to each other, or to inflict penalties 
upon members for not complying with resolutions of 
the Lodge based upon such supposed pecuniary in- 
debtedness. 

111. 1854, 7, 53; 1855, 126; 1856, 42; III, 183, 247. 

\ 644. A Lodge may not, by its by-laws, forbid its 
members to engage in the traffic in intoxicating 
drinks. It is not expedient for the Order to specify 
particular occupations as contrary to the principles 
of the Order, and hence to discipline members pursu- 
ing such business; but, on the contrary, it is better 
to omit from the bydaws ail specialties of this na- 
ture, and rely upon the general principles of the Or- 
der, punishing any brother who may be guilty of a 
violation of them. If any member of a Lodge enters 
into any occupation calculated to bring disgrace upon 
himself and the Order, a Lodge may discipline him 
for offense against the principles of the Order. The 
Grand Lodge should in any case sustain a Lodge in 
subjecting to its discipline any member pursuing 
any occupation or business which, in the opinion of 
the Lodge, injures the Lodge, damages its reputation, 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 157 

and scandalizes the Order in the place where the 
Lodge is located. 111. 1854, 10, 57; 1856, 111, 112. 

[In 1870, the G.L.and G.E. of Indiana asked the G.L.U.S. to 
pass laws authorizing Grand Lodges to prohibit members of 
Lodges from engaging in the traffic in intoxicating liquors. The 
G L. U.S. adopted a report that '"it would be contrary to the 
spirit and policy of our institution to pass any law on the subject 
referred to, creating a new test of membership in the Order."— 
U.S. 4794-5, 4836. It had previously been held that "new princi- 
ples bj T which the Order must be governed -in their jurisdiction " 
could not be introduced by Subordinate Lodges ; and therefore 
that a Lodge could not introduce ' total abstinence ' into its bv- 
laws.— U.S. 1503-4. 

In the G.L. 111. (1869) an appeal came up under the above sec- 
tion. R. had been expplleo for ' violating the principles of the 
Order ', on the specification " keeping a s?rog-shop, by which oc- 
cupation he is injuring tbe Lodge, damaging its reputation, and 
scandalizing the Order in this place." The report of the Judi- 
ciary Committee was against tbe action of the Lodge; but the 
Grand Lodge, by a strong majority, rejected the opinion of the 
committee, thus sustaining the right of a Lodge to guard its lo- 
cal reputation as said in the section above.— III. IV, 315, 333 ; see, 
also, 1856,47,55-6.] 

2 645. Any brother who shall be concerned in or- 
ganizing, or who shall countenance or support, or 
who shall knowingly visit, any Lodge in the State of 
Illinois purporting to be Odd-Fellows and not possess- 
ing a legal, unreclaimed and valid charter, duly 
granted and presented or confirmed by this Grand 
Lodge, shall be deemed unworthy of fellowship; and 
such brother, upon satisfactory proof, shall be sus- 
pended or expelled, at the option of the Lodge of 
which he is a member; and any brother so suspended 
or expelled shall not be reinstated unless the Grand 
Lodge assents thereto. Nor shall any person who has 
been in membership in any spurious or illegal Lodge 
be received into anv regular Lodge without the con- 
sent of the Grand Lodge. But the above law must 
not be interpreted in contradiction to the more re- 
cent law given in § 331. By-Laws 111. II, 4. 

§646. A mere expression of opinion, criticism of 
the acts of those administering the affairs of govern- 
ment, or of those charged with the conduct of war, 
are not treason or treasonable practices. But to re- 
sist the government in the discharge of any duty pre- 
scribed by law ; to discourage any citizen or person 
liable to military duty, so as to prevent him from 



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rendering timely aid to the government; to stand in 
the way of the execution of any law enacted either 
by the state or national government, or to incite or 
encourage others to do so, is either sedition, rebell- 
ion, or treason, and are treasonable practices, not in 
any way to be countenanced by loyal Odd-Fellows; 
nor should persons guilty of them or any of them be 
permitted to remain as members of the Order. 

111. Ill, 333. 

§ 647. Professional Gambling is an offense which 
should be dealt with by reprimand, suspension, or 
expulsion, as the circumstances require. 

111.111,485; 1856,218. 

#648. Fraudulent misrepresentation of age in ob- 
taining membership may be punished, and even in- 
quired into after death, in case of a claim of benefits. 
See § 469 for particulars. 

g 619. A brother should incur the same penalty for 
neglecting to attend transient brothers when sick as 
the by-laws prescribe for neglect of members of his 
own Lodge. 111. I, 254. 

\ 650. There is no law of the G.L.IT.S. which forbids 
the imposition of fines for non-attendance of mem- 
bers in Subordinate Lodges; but the spirit of the Or- 
der seems to be opposed to it. U.S. 2215. 

"In 1855 (Jour. p. 96), the G.L. 111. struck from by-laws provis- 
ions thai required attendance at Lodge as a condition of eligibil- 
ity to degrees and to office, and of benefits. In 18(34 (Jour. I1L 
III, 486, 516 , it was decided that there was no law forbidding a 
Lodge to adopt a by-law which requires its members to attend 
at least one meeting in a quarter to be considered in' good stand- 
ing' ; but it is ' emphatically ' added that the spirit of the Order 
is against fines for non-attendance. But such a by-law would be 
improper for the reason that the L4.L.U.8. has defined what good 
standing in the Order is; and a subordinate can not by its action- 
give a different meaning to the term. {'H 841, 913.;] 

g 651. The following acts are decided to be out of 
the jurisdiction of a Lodge, for which it may not bring 
a member to trial or inflict a penalty or disability. 

(1) The departure from a Lodge during session by 
an officer, provided the departure does not involve 
neglect of duty. 111. 1856, 117. 

(2) Canvassing for votes for an office, if done hon- 
orably. 111. 1856, 17."). 

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ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 159 

membership, unless done maliciously or with fraud. 

111. 1857, 159. 

(4) Opposing the election of a candidate. 

111. 1856, 199, 217. 

(5) Casting a black ball in a ballot. Neither the act 
nor its reasons or motives can be' inquired into. Xo 
member of the Order may be required to give his rea- 
son for any vote he may cast, under penalty of pun- 
ishment. — U.S. 2132. There is no law, rule or usage 
in our Order authorizing an inquiry into the conduct 
of a member for casting a black ball. It can not even 
be demanded of him whether he has cast one. 

111. 1,146; 1853,12,29. 

(6) Speaking openly of transactions and proceed- 
ings of a Lodge that are not private in their nature. 

111. 1856, 172. 

(7) Voting for one's self in an election. Elections 
are by ballot; and no man's vote can be examined 
into. ' 111. 1856, 223. 

(8) The temperate use, and not abuse, of stimulating 
drinks, or intoxicating liquors: but intemperance is 
contrary to the cardinal principles of the Order. (See 
§723.) U.S. 1503. 

# 652. A member is guilty of contempt who will- 
fully neglects or refuses to appear and answer charges ; 
and for such contempt he may be expelled. (See 
§ 653.) "When a member refuses to pay a fine or sub- 
mit to a penalty, he is guilty of contempt of the 
Lodge, and is liable to punishment therefor. 

U.S. 2483; 111. 1856,208. 

£ 653. When a brother is legally summoned to at- 
tend a meeting of the Lodge on any matter over 
which the Lodge has jurisdiction, he should answer 
the summons: failing to do so, he is liable to charge 
of contempt; and when charged with contempt, he 
should appear and answer, although he may think 
the Lodge has acted illegally in the premises. 

111. 1855, 126. 

$ 654. State Grand Bodies are required to expel 
from their own membership, and Subordinate Lodges 
and Encampments to expel from the Order, any 
member thereof who shall attach to any chart, certifi- 



160 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

cate, diploma, or other document, any copy or im- 
pression of the seal of the G.L.U.S., or of the seal of 
any Grand or Subordinate Lodge, of which he has 
not the official use and custody. The above-named 
bodies must inflict the same penalty upon anj r mem- 
ber knowingly publishing or circulating any diploma 
or certificate, purporting to be by authority of the Or- 
der, which is not authorized by law. U.S. 4186. 

# 655. An ex-parte examination of the conduct of a 
brother is allowable in some cases; but it must be de- 
manded by the party interested, or bv a friend au- 
thorized by him. " 111. 1856, 172. 

*#* Other laws respecting offenses will be found in 
other chapters, in connection with the subjects to 
which prohibitions or violations of law relate, which 
may be found by the index. 



Chapter XXIII. 

Charges and Trials. 

g 656. The Grand Lodge of the United States lays 
down the following as an outline of the principles 
and practice governing all trials in the Order: Charges 
clearly setting forth the offense should be preferred. 
A copy of these, duly attested, should be furnished 
to the defendant, together with a like duly-attested 
notice of the time and place of hearing. " At such 
time, if by sickness or unavoidable occurrence the 
brother be prevented from appearing, this fact, on 
being shown,-should give him a continuance of the 
case. That continuance ought to be to a day and 
place certain. At the hearing he must have the right, 
by himself or his counsel, to meet and cross-examine 
all witnesses. No testimony against him taken by 
any committee without notice to him and in his ab- 
sence should be received. His right to be heard hy 
his witnesses, and by himself or his counsel, before 
condemnation, inheres in him as fully in Odd-Fel- 
lowship as before any other tribunal. * U.S. 4149. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 161 

§ 657. A Subordinate Lodge is the proper tribunal 
to try all cases of delinquency when the charge is 
cognizable under the laws. (See § 632.) U.S. 4992. 

g 658. [Except in case of contempt, provided for in 
£ 673], a Lodge can sever the connection of one of its 
members with itself only by sentence after fair trial 
upon charges. — 111. Ill, 98. Hence, a member im- 
properly admitted by card without fraud on his part 
may not be ejected or dismissed bv return of his card. 

U.S. 3180, 3234. 

# 659. If any member of a Lodge violates any of the 
principles of the Order, or commits offense against 
the constitution or by-laws of the Lodge or the laws 
of the Order, it is the duty of any other member who 
may come to a knowledge of the same immediately 
to give notice of such violation or offense, in writing, 
to the X.G. : the notice should contain a statement of 
the alleged offense, with the names of witnesses to 
substantiate the complaint, and be signed by the 
complainant. This paper and its contents are prop- 
erly styled a complaint or information ; though they 
are some times erroneously called charges, in the Jour- 
nals. (See for example Jour. 1856, p. 43.) 

Const. Subs. VI, 2; 111. 1856, 22; III, 240. 

§ 660. A brother holding an unexpired withdrawal 
card may, during its currency, prefer charges [in Illi- 
nois, lodge complaint] against a member of his 
Lodge. In the absence of any local regulation upon 
the subject, a member of one Subordinate Lodge or 
Encampment desiring to prefer a charge or charges 
against a member or members of another Subordin- 
ate Lodge or Encampment shall present such charge 
or charges in the usual form to the Subordinate 
Lodge or Encampment of which he (the accuser) is a 
member: said Lodge or Encampment shall forthwith 
forward to the Lodge or Encampment to which the 
accused may belong a certified copy of the charge or 
charges, over the signatures of the N.G. and Secretary 
or C.P. and Scribe, and attested by the seal of the 
Lodge or Encampment; and the Lodge or Encamp- 
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162 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

shall proceed to hear and determine the same, in like 
manner as if preferred bv a member of its own body. 

U.S. 2561, 5195. 

§ 661. A brother who is himself under charges may 
tile a complaint. (See §718.) A brother who has 
deposited an information with the X.G. may not 
withdraw it unless entirely satisfied that the* com- 
plaint is false. 111. Ill, 161 ; 1856, 43. 

§ 662. 'Any Lodge of this jurisdiction may tile an 
open complaint or information against any member 
of another Lodge for offense against the laws or 
principles of the Order, by official communication to 
the X.G. of the Lodge of which the accused is a mem- 
ber; and such complaint shall be treated as com- 
plaints or informations mentioned in Art. VI, § 2, of 
the Constitution of Subordinates (§663); but the 
complaint shall be read in open Lodge, and the com- 
mittee thereon there appointed. A member of any 
Lodge may tile an open information against a mem- 
ber of any other Lodge, if his own Lodge will forward 
his complaint attesting his good standing, which 
complaint shall take the course prescribed above. 
Any member of a Lodge may prefer an open infor- 
mation against a member of his own Lodge, which 
shall take the same course. 111. IV, 45. 

§663. The X.G. must forthwith refer a copy of the 
information (concealing the name of the informant) 
to a special committee of three members; which 
committee must proceed, without delay, to investigate 
the matters tberein stated; and if, in their opinion, 
there is just ground therefor, they must, as early as 
practicable, prefer a charge or charges against the 
member so accused, specifying therein the particular 
matter of offense with which he is charged; and the 
committee must have charge of the prosecution on 
the part of the Lodge. Const. Subs. VI, 2. 

§ 664. If any member of a Lodge makes to the Noble 
Grand any accusation against a brother, under Art. 
VI. Sec. 2, Const. Subords. (§663), which sball be prov- 
en to be unfounded, or false and malicious, it be- 
comes the duty of the Xoble Grand to deliver up the 
name of the informant to the Lodge, on demand of a 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 163 

majority of the members thereof present, that he 
maybe dealt with accordingly. Const. Subs. VI, 10. 

£ 665. The name of 'an informant' is a secret [except 
in case of open information, § 662] pertaining to the 
office of N.G. ; and should that officer retire from the 
chair during the pendency of an investigation or 
trial, by expiration of term or from any other cause, 
he should communicate that 'secret' to his successor, 
in order that it may be officially delivered up to the 
Lodge should it be found necessary to prosecute the 
informing brother for having made an 'unfounded, 
false or malicious ' charge. 

A brother who has been tried and acquitted upon 
charges has no right to demand the name of an inform- 
ant. The N.G. can give it up only on demand of a 
majority of members present, and for the constitu- 
tional reason only. 111. Ill, 160, 487. 

§ 666. The decisions of investigating committees, 
appointed upon information given to the N.G. of a 
Lodge, are final, and no member of the Lodge has the 
right to appeal from such decision. There are actu- 
ally no charges preferred or pending for the action of 
the Lodge until the committee report, and the Lodge 
can take no action on the complaint. The minority 
of a committee of investigation upon a charge, desir- 
ing to submit a report, must present it to the same 
meeting of the Lodge that receives the report of the 
majority ; otherwise, the privilege to submit a minor- 
ity report at all is forfeited. 

111. Ill, 24; 1856, 22; III, 240, 162. 

§ 667. When charges are to be preferred against the 
Noble Grand of a Lodge, they are properly placed in 
the hands of the Vice Grand, to be brought before 
the Lodge; but there is no reason why any brother 
may not prefer such charges. U.S. 4716. 

| 668. When a Noble Grand has been guilty of any 
offense against the laws of the Order, information 
thereof should be given to the V.G., who will pri- 
vately appoint the committee of investigation pro- 
vided for in § 2 of Art. VI, Const. Subs. (§ 663). Should 
such committee prefer a charge, the V.G. should im- 
mediately take the chair and continue to act as N.G. 



164 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

until the case is disposed of [whenever such assump- 
tion of the chair is required or allowed bv the follow- 
ing section]. 111.111,168. 

|669. An officer is not suspended from the per- 
formance of his duties during the pendency of charges 
against him, except so far as those duties may have 
a relation to the charges, such as the appointment of 
the whole or part of the committee to try them, or in 
acting upon the report. U.S. 5194. 

[The law of the G.L.U.S. in case of trial of one of its own offi- 
cers suspends him from his functions.— U.S. Const. XI. This 
modifies the preceding section, and sets aside the law of G.L. 111. 
Journal of 1857, p. 43, given in Willard's Digest of 1864 as g 368, 
requiring the surrender of books, papers and property by an ac- 
cused, to a. pro tern, officer.] 

§ 670. Whenever a charge or charges are preferred 
against a member, the same must be read in open 
Lodge, at the next stated meeting thereafter; and 
the Secretary must immediately furnish a copy 
thereof, under the seal of the Lodge, to the member 
so accused, and at the same time cite said member to 
appear before the Lodge at the second stated meeting 
thereafter, to answer thereto; at which said meeting 
an investigation or trial must be had, unless then 
postponed to some future meeting. 

Const. Subs. VI, 3. 

\ 671. A legal summons to attend a trial, or to watch 
with a sick brother, or to attend a funeral, may be 
either of the following: 

(1) A written or printed-and-written notification, 
specifying the purpose of the summons, signed by 
the Recording Secretary of the Lodge and attested by 
the seal ; and such notification may in case of a trial 
be sent through the post-office, but in other cases 
must be delivered by some member of the Lodge to 
the person summoned. 

(2) A verbal citation by the Secretary, or by some 
member of the Lodge who has been furnished by the 
Secretary with a properly signed and sealed author- 
ity to issue such citation in his name ; and such verbal 
citation must state the object of the summons, and 
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ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 165- 

of the Secretary's authorization, if not given bv hini 
in person. 111. Ill, 267. 

"Under these rules, a Secretary may, at Lodge-meeting, by~ 
verbal citation summon or notify all members tben present, or 
any portion of them.] 

\ 672. Principles. — A member may be tried (that is, 
evidence on charges against him may be considered 
by the Lodge and his guilt or innocence decided by 
vote. % 689), (1) if copy of charges and summons to at- 
tend trial, \ 656, have been actually served on him, and 
he appears at the trial and remains in attendance, § 675 ; 
or (2) if, on such actual summons, he makes written 
defense [or is defended by his attorney], or waives 
defense and desires the trial to proceed in his ab- 
sence. § 676; or (3) if he has absconded, or is perma- 
nently absent or in concealment, and constructive 
service of charges and notice have been made under 
2674. 

But a member may not be tried (as defined above) if, 
on actual notice, he refuses to stand trial, and does 
not appear and remain in the Lodge, nor make proxy 
or written defense or waiver, as above, §§673, 675; in 
that case he may be dealt with for contempt, §§ 673, 
675, btit not on the merits of the case charged, \ 673. 
And under present laws he may not be tried or dealt 
with in any way, if he fails to attend the trial by rea- 
son of detention or imprisonment under the civil laws 
of the country, § 675. 

Deductions from the following sections. 

§ 673. If an accused member refuses to stand ft-ial, 
he can not be formally tried, but may be expelled 
for contempt. ($§652,653.) Formerly, willfully ab- 
senting one's self to evade service of notice was ranked 
as contempt ; but this is now covered bv the next sec- 
tion. U.S. 806, 1502. 2483. 

The term 'refuse' in this sentence implies a knowl- 
edge of the charge and a positive expression of mind : 
in the absence of these, the person accused may be 
tried for the offense; but an absent member can not 
be expelled, even for good cause shown, unless pre- 
viously notified of charges preferred. [But he may 
when absent be expelled for contempt, as above said\. 



166 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

or tried on the charges and expelled if notice has 
been given as required in the next section.] 

111. 1,220; 1853,67. 

\ 674. When charges are preferred against a brother 
of the Order in any Lodge or Encampment to which 
he may belong, but from having absconded, or from 
his permanent absence or concealment, he can not 
be found, so that the charges preferred or notice of 
trial can not be personally served upon him, the re- 
spective Lodge or Encampment may regularly pro- 
ceed with the trial upon proof of the fact rendering 
such personal service impracticable, and that a copy 
of the charges and notice of trial ha^s been deposited 
in the post-office nearest the last known residence of 
such brother, directed to him at such place of resi- 
dence, post-paid, and that a like copj r of the charges 
and notice of trial was left at his last place of resi- 
dence, if the same be known: provided, that such pa- 
pers shall be deemed to have been served upon the 
brother only from the date when the constructive 
service above prescribed is complete; and provided 
further, that in case such brother returns after the 
conclusion of his trial, not having appeared on such 
trial either in person or by counsel, and asks for a 
new trial, the same shall be granted to him. Without 
such citation, an absconding member can not be 
tried. U.S. 2507, 2522, 3836. 

1 675. If any accused member [shall evade the re- 
ceiving of a citation, procedure is shown hy §674;] 
but if, after receiving the same, he shall neglect or 
refuse to attend the Lodge at the time therein fixed, 
and there remain throughout the investigation or 
trial of his case, the Lodge may proceed in his ab- 
sence to expel him for contempt: provided, that if 
such absence should have been produced by unavoid- 
able circumstances, or injustice be otherwise done 
thereby, the accused shall be entitled to a rehearing 
of his case ; and he shall at all stages of the proceed- 
ings have every opportunity afforded him to vindi- 
cate himself against the accusation. A Lodge may 
proceed to the final trial of a brother while he is un- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 167 

der arrest, unless he be incarcerated, in which case 
the Lodge can not try him, and has no remedy. 

Const. Subs. VI, 6; 111. 1853, 39, 40; IV, 443. 

Expulsion for contempt in not appearing is a sum- 
mary proceeding, requiring no delay, no previous 
charges of contempt, or investigation, and no ground 
of action on the part of the Lodge but the absence of 
the accused. 111. 1853, 79. 

g 676. The law does not authorize the expulsion 
for contempt of a brother absent from home, against 
whom charges have been preferred, who may, when 
notified of the charge, make a defense in writing, or 
who shall waive his privilege of making a defense in 
person, and desire the trial to proceed in his absence; 
but in such cases the trial must be conducted in the 
same manner and decided as though the charged 
brother were present. 111. 1854, 69, 73; III, 95. 

$ 677. Charges must not be vague. They should set 
forth definitely some offense with sufficient clearness 
in the specifications to enable a brother to know to 
what he is to answer. Dates and places should be 
given if possible, but are not essential. When a 
charge states the specific offense in such language 
as is used in general conversation, and states that it 
has been committed since the accused became an 
Odd-Fellow, the Lodge may be justified in consider- 
ing them definite enough. Charges should be spread 
upon the records of the Lodge ; and full records of 
the entire proceedings, including the testimony, 
which must be reduced to writing, should be kept. 
111. 1855, 72; 1857, 91; 1856, 22, 40; III, 159, 169; 
IV, 34. 

§ 678. When charges are too vague or indefinite, or 
when what they allege does not constitute an offense 
against the laws, the Lodge should dismiss them at 
once. When charges are dismissed or set aside for 
any reason, the trial is at an end, and the accused is 
in the same position as before charges were brought. 
The Lodge can take no further action until new 
charges are preferred. A second charge may be pre- 



168 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

f erred while the first is pending [but not for the same 
offense: see § 704]. 

111. 1856, 24, 42; 1857, 92; III, 159. 

\ 679. When proceedings against a brother cease by 
the setting-aside of the charges against him for insuf- 
ficiency, or by the investigating committee's declin- 
ing to bring charges for the want of sufficient evi- 
dence, sucli action does not prevent the committee 
from revising the charges and preferring them in 
amended form, nor does it forbid the informant to 
file information again with further evidence. 

HI. Ill, 267. 

§680. When charges are brought against the holder 
of a withdrawal card, the Lodge should not recon- 
sider or rescind the vote granting it. but should forth- 
with annul it or revoke it, which brings the brother 
back into the Lodge [on a quasi-membership] for 
trial. (See 2$ 531, 532.) And if an application for a 
card is pending when charges are brought, it must lie 
over until the charges are decided. (See g 515, above.) 
U.S. 1841, 1992, 2145. 

\ 681. It is the duty of the Secretary, upon receiving 
from the committee a list of the names of witnesses 
required to sustain the complaint, to cite them to 
appear before the Lodge, as also those who may be 
required by the accused, to give testimony at the 
time of the trial, provided said witnesses be members 
of the Order; but if such witnesses are not members 
of the Order, the N.G. must' appoint one or more 
members having the Scarlet Degree as a committee, 
whose duty it shall be to take the testimony of such 
witnesses, and return the same in writing to the N.G. 
or Secretary by the evening set for trial; the accused 
member being first notified of the time and place of 
taking such testimony. The committee must cause 
to be summoned all witnesses whom they know or are 
advised to be necessary. A member who has been 
suspended for offense may be summoned as a witness 
during his suspension; and in that case the Lodge 
has power to admit him to its meeting for the special 
purpose. Const. Subs. VI, 3; 111. Ill, 240; IV, 240. 

§682. The G.L.L.S. has enacted that whenever a 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 169 

Lodge or Encampment or member of either, when 
supporting a charge or defending against a charge,' or 
any person authorized to introduce testimony in any 
proceeding, shall desire to take the testimony of a 
witness whose personal presence can not be had be- 
fore the tribunal trying such charge, his deposition 
may be taken in the following manner: the party 
desiring to take the deposition shall file with the 
Secretary of the Lodge or Scribe of the Encampment 
the interrogatories he wishes to be propounded to the 
witness or witnesses, namingthem. The Secretary or 
Scribe shall immediately deliver or cause to delivered 
to the opposite party a copy of the interrogatories. 
The latter party, within one week from such service, 
may file counter-interrogatories with the Secretary or 
Scribe, if he or they think proper. At the expiration 
of the week, or sooner if counter-interrogatories be 
sooner filed, the Secretary orsScribe shall forthwith 
forward them to the Noble Grand of a Lodge near the 
witness, with a communication requesting him to take 
the deposition of the witness or witnesses named. Upon 
receipt of the same, the Noble Grand shall, as soon as pos- 
sible, take or cause the depositions to betaken by some 
competent member of the Order; causing every in- 
terrogatory to be propounded to the witness, and the 
answer to each reduced to writing in the presence of 
the witness; and when the deposition is completed, 
shall cause the witness to sign the same, and then the 
Noble Grand or person taking the same shall certify 
the same to be duly taken, and such certificate shall 
be verified by the seal of the Lodge: and the deposi- 
tion shall then be sealed in an envelope and trans- 
mitted by mail to the Lodge or Encampment before 
which the trial is pending. A deposition thus taken 
and certified may be read in evidence in the cause to 
which it relates. U.S. 2738, 2885, 2909. 

# 683. Ex-parte statements may be reason for putting 
a brother on trial, but are not evidence in the trial. 

U.S. 655. 

§ 684. In settling difficulties and differences be- 
tween Odd-Fellows, and in trials upon charges, the 
Lodge or committee should not be confined by the 



170 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

strict rules of evidence such as prevail in courts of 
law. All the testimony of every character that will 
tend to promote the ends of fraternal justice should 
be taken into consideration and allowed due weight; 
and no evidence should be rejected for simply tech- 
nical reasons. Hearsay or secondary evidence may 
be introduced upon trials in Lodges under certain 
circumstances, but should not be admitted when di- 
rect or positive testniony can be had. In a trial on 
charges the testimony must be taken in writing; and 
outside testimony should not be taken when the same 
evidence may be obtained from members of the Or- 
der. In the trial of a brother, the Lodge is under no 
obligation to pay the expenses of defendant's witness- 
es, or the cost of taking testimony in his behalf. 
When the Lodge appoints a committee to take out- 
side testimony in case of the trial of a brother, the 
Lodge must pay all necessary expenses incurred by 
said committee. 

111. I, 291-2; IV, 34, 311; III, 158, 159; V, 12. 

g 685. If, in a trial, the prosecution has not intro- 
duced material evidence before evidence of the de- 
fense is introduced, new evidence, which is not to be 
limited to rebuttal, may be brought in by the prose- 
cution. The rule is liberal: justice requires that 
each party be allowed to introduce all competent ev- 
idence, without regard to the time of offering, subject 
to the judgment of the Lodge or Encampment as to 
the propriety of the introduction. U.S. 4915-16. 

# 686. A wife can not give evidence against her hus- . 
band. A woman divorced a vinculo matrimonii may 
be a witness against her former husband ; but if she 
be divorced a mensa et a thoro only, she may not be a 
witness. A sister of the Rebekah Degree may not be 
admitted to a Lodge to give evidence in a trial. Her 
testimony must betaken by a committee (#§ 681, 682). 
U.S. 1502; 111. V, 13. 

\ 687. A brother was expelled on charge of feigning 
sickness: the G.L.U.S. reversed the decision and rein- 
stated him. He then claimed benefits: Ins Lodge re- 
fused: his Grand Lodge on his appeal threw out his 
claim as lacking evidence to support it. Decided, that 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 171 

the decision of the first case in his favor made the 
recorded evidence thereon, to which he referred, evi- 
dence in the second case based on the same facts. 

U.S. 4156. 

£ 688. When a member is on trial for violating the 
obligation of any of the degrees or divulging its se- 
crets, members who have not attained to the degree 
specified in the charges can not sit in the Lodge dur- 
ing the trial and must retire. 

111. V, 14, Decis. 23 of G.M. Needles. 

[The Judiciary Committee reported against the decision, on 
the ground that it would prevent members in good standing 
from staying in Lodge during the transaction of legitimate busi- 
ness in the Initiatory, and that there is no law authorizing such 
temporary suspension of a member's rights. The G.L. 111. re- 
jected the opinion of the committee, and confirmed the decision 
of the G.M. But the G.M. afterward moved a reconsideration of 
the approval, leaving the matter unsettled ; and on his motion 
it is sent to the G.L. U.S.— 111. V, 91, 123.] 

$ 689. Strictly speaking, a trial begins only when 
the case is called up and the taking of testimony be- 
fore the Lodge begins. 111. IV, 240. 

§ 690. At the second stated meeting after the bring- 
ing-in of charges, or at such other later time as may 
have been appointed, the Lodge must proceed with 
the investigation or trial of the case, and, after a full 
hearing of all the testimony and the defense of the 
accused member, must proceed to vote upon the 
charge or charges preferred [separately, \ 699] ; but no 
member shall be entitled to vote unless he were pres- 
ent during the whole trial. (Trial defined, $ 689.) If 
they be sustained, in whole or in part, by a vote of 
two-thirds of the members voting, the accused mem- 
ber must retire to the ante-room. The Secretary must 
then read to the Lodge the charge or charges, or part 
or parts thereof, that have been sustained, when the 
N.G., without motion, must proceed to put to vote 
the highest order of punishment — expulsion; and if 
that be not agreed to, he must put the next — suspen- 
sion ; and must so proceed until some order of pun- 
ishment is agreed to by a vote of two-thirds of the 
members present. 

Const. Subs. VI, 4, as amended 111. IV, 49. 

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172 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

be admitted to Lodge-rooms to defend brothers on 
charges. 111. Ill, 549. 

I 092. When a charge is sustained, if a resolution to- 
expel fails to obtain a two-thirds vote, it is the duty 
of the Lodge to adopt a resolution providing for a less 
penalty, to conform to the By-Laws of the Grand 
Lodge, Art. II, Sec. 5. (§629.) If a charge be sus- 
tained, some penalty must be inflicted. 

111.1,293; 1853,70; 1855,68. 

\ 693. A member on trial is not entitled to vote on 
his own case, and is not counted in computing the 
vote on the charges ; but a member under charges may 
vote in a case not his own. Every member present 
who [being entitled t<» vote] does not vote a Whitehall 
on questions of sustaining charges, or on the punish- 
ment, in fact votes in the negative, even though ex- 
cused by the Lodge from voting. Every brother [who 
is entitled to vote on the question (see £690)] must 
vote, unless excused by a majority of those present; 
and then he can avoid voting in fact only by with- 
drawing from the room. U.S. 3091, 4992. 

g 694. The Noble Grand should carefully explain, 
before the balloting, that a white hall is to be cast for 
conviction, or for the penalty under consideration, in- 
dicating the affirmative of the question ; and that a 
blackball is wjalnat sustaining the charges, or against 
the penalty, indicating the negative. All votes on 
sustaining charges or infliction of penalty must be by 
ballot. A Lodge can not reconsider a vote to sustain 
charges, unless error or fraud [in the ballot] be shown ; 
and not even then, unless the motion be made at the 
same or the next succeeding regular meeting. (See 
3 707 for method of correcting other ilegalities. ) 

Const, Subs. VI, 12: 111. Ill, 180, 247. 

g 695. In 1856, the G.L.U.S. decided that, if a ma- 
jority of the Lodge vote against expulsion upon the 
first ballot, it is not competent to entertain that 
question a second time. (U.S. 2620.) But in 1868, that 
body declared that the matter of voting on penalties 
after charges are sustained had always been regulated 
bv the State Grand Bodies, and required no legisla- 
tion of the G.L.U.S. I U.S. 4308.) The above decision 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 173 

as therefore subject to local regulation and usage, 
which in Illinois has allowed more than one vote on 
expulsion, when other orders of penalty have failed 
to secure adoption. 

§696. If in a trial the Lodge votes the penalty of 
suspension, a motion may be made to determine the 
period, to which two amendments may be offered, 
and the question is to be decided without debate. 
The X.G. puts them to vote beginning with the long- 
est time named. If all periods proposed be rejected, a 
second motion may be made, with amendments as be- 
fore, which must be voted on as before ; and the Lodge 
must so proceed until some period is agreed to, by 
ballot vote. If the penalty of tine be determined 
upon, the same course is adopted in fixing the amount 
of it; and in fixing the period of suspension or 
amount of fine, a majority of members present is 
necessary to decide the question. 

Const. Subs. VI, 5. 

§ 697. A member can not be suspended or expelled 
for misconduct at any other than a regular meeting of 
the Lodge or at a meeting specially called for the 
trial. But dropping for non-payment may be done 
at a special meeting. 111. Ill, 162. 

§ 698. If an accused member confesses his guilt, and 
to avoid exposure of details asks the Lodge to expel 
him on his confession, it niav expel him without 
trial. U.S. 806, 2620. 

Should a brother who has committed any offense 
against the laws of the Order voluntarily come before 
the Lodge, waive an investigation and trial, and 
plead guilty, the Lodge may at once proceed to inflict 
a punishment, by ballot, in the usual manner: which 
punishment, in such a case, should be the lightest 
the nature of the offense will admit of. 

111. Ill, 160. 

£ 699. A party can not be arraigned for one offense 
and found guilty of another: the decision must be 
upon the charges preferred. (U.S. 3818.) And the 
charges must be voted on separately and severally, 
and not together, when there are several in one trial. 



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If there are separate specifications under a charge, 
the specifications are to be voted on separately. 

111. IV, 11, 311. 

§ 700. Whenever the regulations of the Grand 
Lodge, or the by-laws of a subordinate after being 
approved by the Grand Lodge, fix a definite penalty 
for an offense, and a brother is convicted of such 
offense, the N.G. shall first read the law to the Lodge, 
and then, without vote of the Lodge, declare the 
penalty inflicted; and when by the laws the penalty 
is confined to certain alternatives, the Lodge shall 
vote only on the adoption of the alternatives. 

111. Ill, 267. 

§ 701. There is no law of the Order to change the 
place of trial of a brother. An accused member must 
be tried in the Lodge or Encampment where he is a 
member, except in Lodges [or Encampments] under 
Grand Bodies whose laws make provision for change 
of venue. U.S. 4240, 4404, 4414. 

§ 702. If three members of the Lodge in which 
charges may be preferred against a member are of 
opinion that the accused will not receive an impar- 
tial trial at the hands of the Lodge, and present such 
opinion in writing, then, when the register of evi- 
dence is reported by the committee, the trial shall be 
removed to the nearest convenient Lodge, a transcript 
of all letters relating thereto being sent with the orig- 
inal papers of the case ; and such Lodge shall proceed 
to the hearing, scrutiny and decision, as if the accusa- 
tion had been first therein preferred. 

When there are several Lodges in the immediate 
vicinage, the majority shall direct to which the re- 
moval shall be made. 

If any member of the Order residing near the re- 
moving Lodge, who can not attend the trial after re- 
moval, be summoned as a witness on either side, his 
testimony may be taken in the manner above pro- 
vided respecting the testimony of persons not mem- 
bers of the Order, and may be made a part of the reg- 
ister of evidence ; and all oral evidence taken at the 
first trial shall be reduced to writing and added to 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 175 

the register of evidence transferred by the removing 
Lodge. 

Upon such removal, the prosecuting committee, or 
some advocate appointed by the N.G. of the removing 
Lodge, may present the case, and the accused may 
appear by himself or attorney, as if no such removal 
had taken place. 

When the matter has been determined, a copy of 
the record of the proceedings had tbereon, with the 
register of evidence, shall be returned to the remov- 
ing Lodge ; and the same shall be filed in its archives, 
and the judgment entered upon its records. 

"When the misconduct is confessed by the accused 
brother, the Lodge to which such case is referred may 
proceed to vote upon his punishment without the 
formula of a trial. 

An appeal to the Grand Lodge may be had in case 
of a removed trial, as in other cases. 

Const. Subs. VI, 13-19; 111. Ill, 257. 

Change of venue [removal of trial] can not be al- 
lowed after the trial (defined § 689) has been com- 
menced. 111. IV, 240. 

§ 703. A suspended [or dropped] member arraigned 
for trial must be temporarily admitted to the Lodge- 
room for the purpose of making his defense, without 
being restored to rights of membership. U.S. 1655. 

The same rule applies to one who because of ar- 
rears is not entitled to the S.A.P.W., and is without 
it. 111. III. 24. 

# 704. A brother can not be tried twice for the same 
offense, even if, subsequently to his acquittal by the 
Lodge, he shall be found guilty by the courts. But 
if an accused brother has not been tried, because the 
charges have been dismissed for insufficiency, new 
charges mav be brought for the same offense. (See 
I 679, above.) 111. 1853. 39, 40; III, 247, 267. 

$ 705. Discipline should never be referred to a com- 
mittee of Past Grands, or to any part of the Lodge ; 
it is the exclusive right and duty of the whole Lodge. 

111. 1856, 198. 

£ 706. In a trial the records of a Lodge must show 
that all the proceedings have been conducted in due 



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form, and no presumption of fair-dealing on the part 
of the Lodge can be made when the records do not 
show it. 111. Ill, 267. 

§707. Whenever a Lodge discovers an illegality in 
proceedings which have resulted in the suspension or 
expulsion of a member, a motion may be made at a 
regular meeting to declare said illegal proceeding 
and all of the trial subsequent thereto set aside ; such 
motion shall then lie over for one week, and if possi- 
ble the prosecuting committee shall be notified 
thereof; and at the next regular meeting the motion 
may be put to vote, and adopted by a majority of two- 
thirds, on vote by show of the Order. 111." Ill, 267. 

§ 708. The written defense of the accused brother is 
not one of the papers regularly belonging to a case of 
discipline; but if he requests that it be made such, 
the Secretary should so file and keep it; and it can 
not then be withdrawn without consent of the Lodge. 
A Lodge has control of its own papers, and can grant 
or refuse copies of the same in its discretion ; but rea- 
sonable access to papers should always be allowed to 
every party. 111. 1857, 92. 

g 709. The by-laws of a Lodge have no occasion to 
make any provisions respecting charges and trials, 
and such provisions are of no force, the whole mat- 
ter depending upon the constitution. 

111. 1856, 107. 

2 710. Proceedings against an officer for official mis- 
conduct do not begin by the filing of information 
and the preferring of charges, as in case of conduct 
unbecoming; but the proper method of proceeding is 
to offer a resolution that the officer be cited to ap- 
pear at a specified regular meeting and answer to a 
charge specifying official misconduct in certain action 
or neglect of action; and, after the adoption of such 
resolution, the methods and rules of other trials have 
force as far as applicable. When the Noble Grand of 
a Lodge, in his official capacity, persistently violates 
law and usage, the proper course to be pursued is to 
proceed against him for 'official misconduct', and let 
the V.G. preside during his trial. If found guilty, 
he may be removed from office by vote of the Lodge. 

111. Ill, 158, 268. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 177 

§ 711. Whenever a member has been suspended or 
expelled (but not in case of dropping), notice thereof 
must be sent to all Lodges in the same place; and 
every Lodge must have a black-book, in which are to 
be entered the names of all persons rejected, sus- 
pended or expelled by it or by any other Lodge, upon 
receiving notice thereof, with the date and cause of 
such suspension or expulsion. 

Const, Subs. YI, 9, 11. 



Chapter XXIV. 

Penalties and Disabilities. 

\ 712. That some penalty must be inflicted when a 
member is found guilty of misconduct, see in \\ 629, 
771, and cases in the Journals G.L. Illinois. 

§ 713. The Order recognizes but four punishments, 
in the following grade: 1, Expulsion ; 2, Suspension; 
3, Reprimand; 4, Fine. No others may be inserted 
in the by-laws or adopted in the action of the Lodge. 
Hence, it is not lawful to suspend a brother from 
office, or declare him ineligible to degrees or to office, 
or deprive him of benefits, as a penalty for miscon- 
duct. And but one penalty may be inflicted for any 
offense, except official misconduct, ($731.) When a 
member is in one trial found guilty on more than one 
charge, only one penalty is to be voted, which must, 
therefore, be determined after the guilt or innocence 
of the accused is determined on each and all of the 
charges. 111. 1850, 117, 190, 214, 232; Y, 22, 24. 

£ 714. Expulsion severs a member's connection with 
the Lodge and with the Order. It is the extreme 
penalty of our laws, and should not be inflicted upon 
any member unless convicted of some criminal 
offense, so deemed in our laws. A decision that for 
a certain offense a member may be expelled does not 
mean that he must be expelled. In such case facts 
extenuating or criminating should be considered in 
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178 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

determining upon the penalty, which may be the 
extreme penalty or less. U.S. 1775, 4859. 

g 715. Suspension is only a temporary punishment, 
to be regulated by the magnitude of the offense. 
Decided, in 1853, the greatest length of time to which 
a suspension may run is to be determined by the 
legislation of Subordinate Lodges. But in 1854, the 
G.L.TJ.S. confirmed the action of a Grand Lodge in 
terminating a suspension on the ground that it was 
too long to be considered temporary, and was an evasion 
of the law. Thus it appears that a Grand Body may 
determine whether a suspension by a subordinate is 
too long, or is for a reasonable time. A suspension 
for cause may not be indefinite. (See # 735.) 

U.S. 1505, 2147, 2284-9, 4467. 

The G.L. Illinois has ruled that a suspension of one 
year is as long as is proper; and that a suspension 
that does not deprive a brother of the privilege of 
meeting with his Lodge for one meeting, at least, is 
no suspension whatever, and is illegal. Suspensions 
raav range, therefore, from eight davs to one year. 

111. Ill, 108-9; IV, 194. 

\ 716. During suspension a member is still liable for 
dues, and answerable for bad conduct. He is cut off 
from all benefits and privileges; and in case of his 
sickness and death, the Lodge is in no respect liable 
to any claims on account of his decease. But a Lodge 
may not refuse to receive the communications of a 
suspended member so as to deprive him of the right 
of petition or of the privilege of making acknowledg- 
ment and submission for errors committed, though 
further penalty may be inflicted for disrespectful 
communications. U.S. 1505, 2561, 2287. 

$ 717. A fine is not the proper or legal penalty for a 
violation of the principles of the Order. When a 
Lodge has imposed a fine in such a case, it must re- 
scind all action back to the vote sustaining the charge, 
and reprimand, suspend, or expel. 111. Ill, 30, 161. 

£ 718. A man is presumed to be innocent until 
proved guilt}'. The only effect of undecided charges 
is to deprive the member of the right to take a visit- 
ing or traveling card, and where the charges bear 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 179 

upon the rights to benefits, to suspend the payment 
thereof until a final decision. Hence, an otficer or 
member is not deprived of office or privileges 
during trial, except in the G.L.U.S. itself (§ 669). 

U.S. 2132, 5194; U.S. Const. XI. 

§ 719. A Lodge has not the right to reprimand, cen- 
sure or suspend a brother, unless after a fair trial, on 
charges duly specifying his offenses, preferred against 
him according to the constitution, except when made 
liable by non-payment of dues. By-laws excluding 
any member from voting at an election, as penalty 
for canvassing for votes for one's self or for another: 
or declaring a member in a state of suspension during 
trial ; or requiring an officer to vacate his office for the 
time being because of the pendency of charges against 
him ; or directing that, for any offense, a brother shall 
forthwith be ordered to leave the room, and not re- 
turn until he has apologized ; or excluding visitors 
for any offense ; are illegal and void, these penalties 
being equivalent to suspension within the meaning 
of the constitution. 

Const. Subs. VI, 2; 111. I, 145, 148, 150, 151, 251. 

§ 720. A brother may not be ordered to leave the 
room for misconduct, nor put out, unless he be in- 
toxicated or otherwise deranged, so that he renders it 
difficult to proceed with business. 111. 1856, 117. 

§721. Xo fine or other penalty may be inflicted by 
the X.G. : a brother must be regularly tried before he- 
is punished; except that there niay be by-law provis- 
ions for disability on account of arrearages of dues,, 
and for fining absentees or those who neglect duty ;. 
and these the X.G. enforces [bv universal usage of the 
Order]. " 111. 1856, 117, 180, 190. 

§ 722. By the universal usage of the Order, depriva- 
tion of benefits is the disability, or penalty, if it be so 
called, for non-payment of dues, and for that only; 
and it must not be used for any other offense. 

111. 1856, 190, 214. 

§723. Whenever a member of the Order in this 
jurisdiction so far degrades himself as to become 
drunk from the use of intoxicating liquors, it shall be* 
the duty of his Lodge to discipline or reprimand him. 



180 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

for the first offense, suspend him for the second, and 
•expel hini for the third ; and it is made the duty of 
•every member of the Order who may see a brother 
guilty of this vilest and most pernicious of all vices 
to report him to the Subordinate Lodge forthwith. 
The term 'discipline' in this law refers to reprimand 
and advice from the X.G., after trial. The by-laws 
and the action of a Lodge must conform to this law: 
hence, it is illegal to suspend or expel a brother on 
the first trial for this offense, or to fine him for it. 

111. 1853, 73, 78; 1855, 83, 84; 1856, 117. 

§ 724. If a member has been dealt with under the 
preceding section and expelled for the third offense 
of drunkenness, and if he has been reinstated and 
then offends again, he is to be treated as if never be- 
fore guilty of that offense, and on conviction can 
receive no penalty but reprimand, for the first 
offense after reinstatement. This decision is based 
on I 785. 111. IV, 137. 

# 725. Habitual Drunkenness is an offense for which 
a Lodge should expel a member. But where the 
offenses of intoxication are occasional, with weeks' 
or months' interval, expulsion should not be used till 
reprimand and suspension have failed to reclaim the 
brother. (See %$ 723, 724.) 111. III. 485. 

£ 726. The Grand Lodge having fixed the penalty 
for neglect of an officer to commit his charge to 
memory (see § 254, above), a Lodge may not fix an 
additional or a different one: and in general, when 
the Grand Lodge has fixed a penalty, the by-laws and 
action of Lodges must conform to it strictlv. 

111. 1856, 117, paragraphs 3, 6, and 14. 

i/ 727. The assessment of fines against officers for 
non-attendance when necessarily absent from home 
on business or detained by sickness is injurious to 
the interests of the Order and should be discontinued, 
and all fines assessed in such cases should be canceled 
or remitted by the Lodge by which they were 
imposed. A majorit} 7 ' vote is sufficient to grant 
excuse or remit a fine, unless the by-laws forbid it. 

111. 1856, 190; III, 161. 

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ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 181 

for non-attendance caused by his attendance upon 
divine service; but it is injudicious and injurious to 
the Order to do so. except when the Lodge suffers 
great inconvenience or sustains damage. Such rea- 
son for absence ought generally to be held sufficient. 

111. IV. 201. 

I 729. When a brother residing out of town, or at a. 
distance from the Lodge-room, accepts of office, he 
may not claim exemption from fine for absence, 
when at home, upon the plea of 'absence from town'. 
An officer of a Lodge is liable to a fine or other 
punishment for absence or neglect of duty, even after 
the expiration of the term for which he was elected 
or appointed, unless his successor bas been elected or 
appointed and installed, provided the by-laws inflict 
a penalty for absence or neglect of duty. 

111. Ill, 159, 160. 

>/ 730. when fines are property and legally assessed 
against members [as penalty after trial, for instance],, 
the Lodge has no fight to remit them. And when an 
officer is, under the by-laws, fined for absence, the 
Lodge may not remit the fine without excuse. 

111.111,485; V, 25. 

§ 731. Official misconduct may be punished by 
removal from office, by fine, or by both; but not by 
any other penalties. But official misconduct associat- 
ed' with other misconduct may be otherwise pun- 
ished. (See § 639.) 111.111,268. 

§ 732. It is a violation of the secrecy of the Order to 
publish (using the word in its popular acceptation) the 
name of a member expelled for N.P.D. U.S. 2214. 

[The same may be said of persons dropped or suspended for 
ZST.P.D. ; and of persons suspended for cause, who are to return to 
full membership by expiry of sentence ; and even of persons 
expelled, except in cases regarded in \ 733.] 

§ 733. When a member is suspended or expelled for 
immoral conduct or other cause, it is not obligatory 
upon members of the Order to keep the fact a secret 
from the world. Such matters should not be un- 
necessarily published ; but where the community or 
the reputation of the Order might suffer from secre- 
cy, justice requires that they should be made public. 
But organized bodies only should have authority to 



182 ILLIXOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

make such divulgence, and not individual members, 
without authority. 111. IV. 201, 240. 

^ 734. The names of persons suspended or expelled 
for cause other than non-payment of dues were for- 
merly required to be reported to the Gra'hd Lodge of 
the United States, and were annually published in its 
journal. This custom was in 1868 discontinued by 
law as to suspended persons, and in 1871 as to ex- 
pelled persons. 

By-Laws U.S. X; U.S. 344, 3093. 4194, 4397, 5159. 



Chapter XXV. 

Non-Payment of Dues : Disability therefrom, Dropping, 
and Reinstatement thereafter. 

i< 735. Non-payment of Dues first appears in the 
Journal of the G.L.U.S. in 1834 (p. 181), in the list of 
expulsions, as a cause thereof: "arrearages of dues of 
more than one year." Next year (p. 208), the present 
phrase appears in a similar list. In 1838 G.Sire Wilder 
' speaks of it as an injury to the prosperity of Lodges 
(270). The first legislation on the subject occurs in 
1845 (809): after stating that a member had been sus- 
pended during the pleasure of the Lodge for X.P.D., 
the report says that the term of suspension was in- 
definite, and such form of penalty was recognized 
generally in the Order as legal. It was then decided 
that a G-.L. might terminate an indefinite suspension 
for X.P.D. without the consent of the Lodge con- 
cerned; and a proposition to declare indefinite aua- 
pension illegal was negatived. In 1850 (1575, 1655), 
decided, that suspension for X.P.D. is a means of pun- 
ishment: and thereafter this matter was the subject 
of not infrequent decisions and legislation, all of 
which that is still in force is given below or elsewhere 
in this Digest. 

\ 736. In 1857, the Const. G.L.U.S. was altered so as 
to give the Grand Bodies on the Pacific permission to 
admit to membership without their previously "b- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 183 

taiiiing reinstatement persons resident in their juris- 
dictions who had previously been suspended for N.' 
P.D. only in other jurisdictions. Propositions to 
make the law general at the same time failed (2662-3; 
2777-9; 2799, amending Art. XVI, 4, given in §321, 
above). In 1865 (3848-9) this Pacific proviso was 
stricken out and the following adopted in place of it, 
and so remains to this date, 1872: "That when it 
shall be satisfactorily represented to the Grand Lodge 
of the United States that the necessities of a State, 
District or Territorial Grand Jurisdiction require it, 
a resolution may be passed by a vote of three-fourths 
of the Representatives present at any meeting, grant- 
ing to the particular State, District or Territorial 
Grand Jurisdiction applying therefor the right to re- 
admit to membership within its jurisdiction, upon 
such terms as it may prescribe, suspended members 
of the Order residing in the same who may have been 
suspended for non-payment of dues, and who have 
not been under suspension for less than three years; 
and also the right to admit members of defunct 
Lodges not able to get a card: it being distinctly un- 
derstood that, so soon as the necessity requiring it 
shall have passed away, this privilege shall be yielded 
up by the jurisdiction receiving it." U.S. 3848-9. 

£ 737. At the session of 1865 and the succeeding ones, 
many jurisdictions signified, as required on p. 3854, 
or otherwise (3948, 3951, 3962), their wish for the priv- 
ileges of Art. XVI, 4. which was granted: none have 
yet renounced it. The G.L.U.S. had previously (in 
1857, p. 2736) referred the making of laws for rein- 
statement after suspension for N.P.D. to the local 
legislation of Grand Bodies. It next (in 1868, p. 4397) 
prohibited expulsion for N.P.D. Meanwhile, the va- 
riety of practice under the above amendment proving 
unsatisfactory, various legislation was proposed, paa;es 
3982, 3993-4, 4189, 4354 and 4421, 4397, 4422, and 4632. 
In 1870, a special committee proposed certain general 
laws ($ 744, below), which seem to have made a settle- 
ment of the whole matter, and to make unnecessary 
the proviso above given to U.S. Const. XVI, 4, which, 
however, remains in force. 



184 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

\ 738. At the session of 1871, the following amend- 
ment of the Constitution G.L.TLS. XVI, 4, was pro- 
posed (5201) to come up for action in 1872. If it is 
adopted, the privilege granted by the present XVI, 4 
($ 736), will have expired by repeal of the law author- 
izing it; and with it will have expired all legislation 
to complete and enforce it ( \ 712) and all decisions ex- 
plaining it (§§741. 743); and as the 'General Laws of 
1870' are not 'conditions, rules or regulations for ad- 
mitting to membership in one jurisdiction members 
suspended in another for X.P.LV, but are principally 
rules on reinstatements and withdrawals, it follows 
that, upon the adoption of this proposed amendment, 
there will be no laws on the subject named in the 
proviso until further enactments are made. 

Amend Section 4, Article XVI, Constitution of the 
G.L.U.S., as follows: 

Strike out the whole section and insert "Section 4. 
A member of the Order suspended or expelled from 
a Lodge or Encampment in any jurisdiction or sov- 
ereignty shall not be admitted to membership in a 
Lodge or Encampment in another jurisdiction or sov- 
ereignty, without the previously-obtained consent of 
the Lodge or Encampment from which he is sus- 
pended or expelled. Provided, however, that members 
suspended or dropped for the non-payment of dues 
only may be admitted to membership in another ju- 
risdiction or sovereignty upon such conditions and un- 
der such rules and regulations as this Grand Lodge 
may have prescribed, or may at any time adopt." 

§ 739. Expulsion for X.P.D. has been illegal through- 
out the Order since September, 1868; in Illinois, since 
October, 1860. In 1868, the G.L.U.S. required State 
Grand Bodies to prohibit it, and itself forbade it by 
the general law of 1870. 

0.8. 4397, 4848; 111. Const. Subs. VI, 8, as amended 
III, 190. 

\ 740. A delinquent member's dues may not be ad- 
ded to or increased beyond the regular rate as a pun- 
ishment for such delinquency. 111. 1856, 117. 

\ 741. The words 'upon such terms as it may pre- 
scribe' in U.S. Const. XVI, 4 (§ 736), refer to the juris- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 185 

diction to which the power is granted to receive sus- 
pended members. (See # 738 for remark on this sec- 
tion.) U.S. 4421. 

\ 742. Subordinate Lodges within this jurisdiction 
are authorized to receive to membership suspended 
members from sister jurisdictions, who have been 
suspended only for non-payment of dues, and also 
former members of defunct Lodges of such jurisdic- 
tions, on passing a satisfactory examination, giving 
proof of good character, and the payment of such fees 
as may be prescribed by the by-laws of such subordin- 
ates for the admission of candidates for initiation; 
and application for the privilege shall be in form 
prescribed for candidates for membership. 

111. IV, 157. 
[The above law is based on Const. U.S. XVI, 4, as given in § 736, 
and will cease if that is repealed. (See ; r:>8, above, i It will be 
seen that under it persons can not be admitted unless they have 
been su-yjended, and suspended for IST.P.D. only, and suspended 
for at least three years; or unless they have been members of 
defunct Lodges and can not get cards. These necessary con- 
ditions should be fully ascertained in each case. The grant of 
this privilege to Illinois is recorded in U.S. 3962.] 

§ 743. An applicant for admission under the law 
respecting admission of suspended members from 
other jurisdictions (#736) can be hioivn to be legally 
such only by the certificate of the Secretary of his 
former Lodge or of the Grand Secretary of that juris- 
diction. (See § 738 for remark about this section.) 

111. IV, 198-9. 

§744. The General Laws of 1870. — Clause 1. A mem- 
ber of the Order who becomes in arrears for dues for 
the period of one year may be suspended or dropped 
from membership, but he can not be expelled from 
the Order on account of being in arrears for dues. 

Clause 2. A member suspended or dropped from 
membership for non-payment of dues may be rein- 
stated in the Lodge or Encampment from which he 
has been suspended or dropped, within one year after 
suspension, by paying the amount of one year's dues, 
and being reinstated in the manner prescribed by the 
local law. 

Clause 3. After one year from the date of suspension, 
a member dropped or suspended for non-payment of 



186 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

dues may be reinstated upon the payment of the fee 
charged for an initiate of the same age, as prescribed 
by the by-laws. 

Claused. A member suspended or dropped from 
membership for non-payment of dues, who makes 
application for reinstatement and for a with- 
drawal card, for the purpose of uniting with another 
Lodge or Encampment in the same jurisdiction, may 
be reinstated and granted a final card at any time 
within five years from the date of suspension, upon 
the payment of one year's dues and the usual price 
of a card. 

Clause 5. A member suspended or dropped for non- 
payment of dues, wishing to join a Lodge or Encamp- 
ment in the same jurisdiction, shall be entitled to 
receive, and the Lodge or Encampment shall grant, 
upon proper application, a dismissal certificate upon 
the receipt of one dollar. 

Clause 6. A member suspended or dropped for non- 
payment of dues, wishing to regain membership in 
another jurisdiction than that in which he was sus- 
pended, shall be entitled to receive, and the Lodge or 
Encampment to which he belonged shall grant, upon 
proper application, a dismissal certificate upon the 
receipt of one dollar. 

Clause 7. In all cases wherein a Lodge or Encamp- 
ment has refused to reinstate a member suspended or 
dropped for non-payment of dues, he shall be entitled 
to receive, and the Lodge or Encampment shall, upon 
proper application, grant, a dismissal certificate upon 
the receipt of one dollar. 

Clause 8. Where the books of an extinct Lodge or 
Encampment have been lost or destroyed, the Grand 
Secretary or Grand Scribe, as the case may be, upon 
being satisfied of the good standing of any member of 
such extinct Lodge or Encampment, may issue to 
him a card of withdrawal. Where the books of a de- 
funct Lodge or Encampment are in the possession of 
a Grand Scribe or Grand Secretary, he may issue cards 
to former members of the defunct subordinate; such 
cards shall have the same privilege as a card issued 
by any existing subordinate. (§g 889, 890, 891.) 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 187 

Clause 9. Dismissal certificates may be received upon 
deposit in any Lodge or Encampment, as the case 
may be; but the privilege of visiting a Lodge or 
Encampment shall not be awarded to the holder of a 
dismissal certificate. The certificate shall be provided 
by the Grand Corresponding and Recording Secretary, 
and be sold as other supplies, are sold, and at the same 
rate as cards. 

Dismissal certificates shall be in the form following, 
to wit : 

Independent Oedee of Odd-Fellows. 

To all whom it may concern, 

Fraternally Greeting. 

This Certifies that was admitted to member- 
ship in No at in the State of. 

on the day of. 18..., and by 

and that he retained his membership in said until the 

day of 18..., when he was suspended 

for non-payment of dues, and he is entirely dismissed from mem- 
bership in said 

In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names 

and affixed the seal of the this day of 

a.d. 18... 

[SEAL.] 

Clause 10. AH laws or provisions thereof that are 
inconsistent with the above general laws, conditions, 
and regulations, are hereby abrogated or repealed. 

U.S. 4848. 

§ 745. No person shall be suspended or expelled for 
non-payment of dues; but all persons becoming in 
arrears for dues and assessments accuring during a 
period of twelve months must be dropped from mem- 
bership, by the following procedure: the Permanent 
Secretary must from time to time report to the Noble 
Grand the names of members who have become in 
arrears for dues accruing during a period of twelve 
months; the Noble Grand must announce the same 
to the Lodge and declare the members named dropped 
from membership for non-payment of dues; and 
the Secretary must enter- the same upon the records 
of the Lodge. Const. Subs. VI, 8; 111. Ill, 203. 

[Before the adoption of the above law in 1860, brothers falling 
in arrears for one year were suspended or expelled, at the option 
of the Lodge: if suspended, the suspension was always indefinite, 
and could be terminated by the suspended member at any time 
by payment of all arrears, or, if the Lodge chose, by payment of 



188 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

one rear's dues. There was considerable legislation and adjudi- 
cation upon the subject of non-payment and the powers of the 
Lodge concerning it, nearly all of which is obsolete, and there- 
fore is not quoted. The Illinois Digest of 18o5 (especially g 116; 
will give the reader the law and references to most ofthelegis- 
laion up to that time. Dropping is in effect only a special mode 
of suspension for N.P.D. (see \ 638, above) ; and laws of the G.L. 
US. on suspension for N.P.D. must be lipid to apply to drop- 
ping for N.P.D. in this state. In the General Laws of the G.L. 
U.S. of 1870, \ 744, above, the words suspended and dropped are- 
used as equivalent.^ 

I 746. A member can not be dropped for non-pay- 
ment of dues whilst a Lodge is indebted to him for 
unpaid benefits, reported to be due, of sufficient 
amount to reduce the indebtedness of the member 
within the limit of the constitutional provision, even 
though lie lias refused the amount offered because he 
claimed a larger amount, U.S. 1633. 

^747. Notice to a member of his arrears is essen- 
tially prerequisite to dropping him for N.P.D. 

111. V, 90. 

[The rale was that notice was legally due funder §278) to a 
member before dropping, but that such notice was for the bene- 
fit of the Lodge and not for the protection of delinquents ; hence, 
that the Lodge must drop a member when he was twelve months 
in arrears, and the dropping would not be void bv the neglect. 
III. TIT. 292 : IV, 30. Put in 1869 , IV, 310, 323 , it was decided that 
in Lodges using the Model Code notice was essential : the above 
extends the rule to all cases.; 

$ 748. The Lodge must drop all members in arrears 
one year. But if it has neglected to do so with any 
member in arrears, he may pay up and hold his 
membership at any time before the action of the 
Lodge. The year's arrears must be for a full year's 
time: a member whose account is paid up to Janu- 
ary 1st of any year can not be twelve months in ar- 
rears on December 30th of the same year. 

111. Ill, 437. 

\ 749. Any person dropped from membership may,. 
within one year after he is dropped, be reinstated 
upon the payment of one year's dues, bj T vote of a 
majority of the members present at any regular meet- 
ing; and if his application be denied, he may ask a 
reconsideration at any time within two months, and 
the Lodge mast grant such reconsideration; that is r 
the Lodge must again consider his recpiest, but is not 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 189 

bound to grant it. After two months, reconsidera- 
tion is at their option. Const. Subs. VI, S. 

§ 750. A written application for reinstatement is not 
essential : a verbal application by a member in open 
Lodge, with payment or tender of the necessary 
amount, is sufficient, though a written application is 
the better practice. 

111. IV, 292-3, page numbered in error 280. 

I 751. When a reinstatement is perfected by pay- 
ment of the monev and vote of the Lodge, it can not 
be reconsidered. * 111. IV, 238. 

£ 752. A person reinstated after being dropped for 
X.P.D. does not at once acquire a right to benefits, 
unless the by-laws of the Lodge give it to him. 

111.111,421,444. (See §450.) 

"This differs from the rule in case of suspension for cause in 
I 466.] 

I 753. If a Lodge refuses to reinstate an applicant 
for reinstatement after suspension for X.P.D., it 
would be unjust to keep the money sent to pay for 
reinstatement. It can not be held that the money is 
the lawful property of the Lodge on account of ar- 
rears, as the delinquent has paid the penalty of de- 
linquency in his loss of rights, privileges and bene- 
fits of the Order. U.S. 4872 (in 1870). 

A Lodge may not receive arrears from a dropped 
member who asks reinstatement, retain the same 
and pass it to his credit on the books, and then refuse 
to reinstate him : such conduct would be a flagrant 
violation of honor and of the principles of the Order. 

111. 1856, 18. 

\ 754. A Lodge may provide in its by-laws that no 
member in arrears for more than thirteen weeks' 
dues shall receive benefits, or the S.A.P.W., or speak 
or vote on any matter before the Lodge ; and no vote 
of the Lodge is necessary to enforce these provisions 
after their adoption. They are enforced by the Xo- 
ble Grand as a matter of course. Deprivation of ben- 
efits is a disability universally attached to X.P.D. in 
the Order, and to nothing else. The by-laws of the 
Lodge may forbid giving the password to brothers who 



190 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

are at all indebted for dues; but usually thirteen 
. weeks' arrearage is required to deprive them of it. 

111. 1853, 48-9; 1855, 85, 97 ; 1856, 129, 190, 214. 

I 755. It is the duty of the N.G. and Secretary of a 
Lodge to issue the dismissal certificates provided for 
in $ 744, clauses 5-9, upon proper application in open 
Lodge and payment of the fee, without vote of the 
Lodge. And 'no Lodge or Encampment has a right 
to refuse a dismissal certificate to a member sus- 
pended for non-payment of dues, and who makes 
proper application for the same. The laws of the 
Grand Lodge of the United States insure to him this 
right, and subordinate bodies must conform to them. 

U.S. 4932, 5194. 

§ 756. The holder of a dismissal certificate, regularly 
issued by a Lodge or Encampment, may deposit the 
same in any other Lodge or Encampment, as the case 
may be, under such rules and upon such conditions 
as the jurisdiction in which it is offered for deposit 
may prescribe; but he shall not be required to be in 
possession of the T.P.W., nor can he visit a Lodge or 
Encampment by virtue of such certificate. 

By-Law U.S. XIV, amended 5182. 



Chapter XXVI. 

Appeals and Reinstatements. 

§ 757. A State Grand Body may entertain appeals- 
from suspended or expelled members of its own subor- 
dinates, and may reconsider and reverse its own decis- 
ions in cases of appeal. It has power of interference 
and adjustment in difficulties arising between one 
of its subordinates and a subordinate in another ju- 
risdiction. It may terminate the indefinite suspen- 
sion of a member of a Subordinate Lodge for non- 
payment of dues, and, upon reversal of the decision 
of a subordinate, may reinstate a suspended or ex- 
pelled member without consent of his Lodge. 

U.S. 1405, 1476, 278, 809, 953- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 191 

'When the reversal of the decision of a subordinate sets aside 
a conviction on charges, the effect of it is to restore to member- 
ship a suspended or expelled member without consent.] 

\ 758. Appeal Laws of Illinois. — Clause 1. In all 
cases where a member of a Lodge has been fined, rep- 
rimanded, suspended or expelled by his Lodge, he 
may appeal to the Grand Lodge, by filing with the 
Secretary of his Lodge, within three months after 
such sentence shall have been pronounced against him, 
a notice of appeal, with the grounds thereof; and 
thereupon the Lodge must, without delay, send to the 
Grand Secretary, under its seal, the aforesaid notice 
of appeal, together with certified copies of all minutes, 
charges, evidence, and other books and papers in the 
possession of the Lodge, or under its control, relating 
to the subject-matter of the appeal. Two or more 
members may unite in the same appeal ; and where 
different members appeal for different reasons in the 
same case, they must file separate notices of appeal : 
but the Lodge need furnish but one copy of the pro- 
ceedings and papers connected therewith. 

Clause 2. In all cases where a member of a Lodge has 
been deprived of some right, honor, privilege or benefit 
by his Lodge, he may appeal in the same manner. 
And all cases in which a member of a Lodge shall 
regard any proceedings of his Lodge in a matter of 
discipline or grievance as illegal or unjust, he may in 
like manner appeal, whether he is a party to the 
proceedings or not. 

Clause 3. Any Lodge, or member of a Lodge, feeling- 
aggrieved by any decision of a Deputy Grand Master 
may appeal from the same to the Grand Lodge, by 
giving him notice of the appeal, and sending notice 
of the appeal to the Grand Secretary, in all respects 
as above. 111. I, 308. 

§ 759. All appeals and grievances received by the 
Grand Secretary are to be examined by him, for form 
and sufficiency. If he finds proceedings or papers in- 
formal or incomplete, he mast notify the Lodge from 
which they come of such informality or incomplete- 
ness, and it is lawful to rectify or amend any infor- 
mality or supply any deficiency upon such notice 



192 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

given ; and the papers are then returned to the Grand 
Secretary. "When the proceedings and papers are in 
form and complete, they must be sent to the Grand 
Master, who examines the case and decides the same; 
and his decision is final, unless an appeal be taken to 
the Grand Lodge within one month thereafter ; and the 
Grand Master must report his decision, with the pa- 
pers, to the next session of the Grand Lodge there- 
after. 111. 1855, 135, 182. 

§ 760. If a Lodge neglects or refuses to send up ap- 
peal papers, the Grand Master or Grand Secretary, 
upon learning such facts, may demand the papers 
without delay : and if the Lodge still fails in its duty, 
it is liable to punishment. The Lodge can never 
prohibit an appeal or impose conditions upon the 
appellant. If a Lodge fails to perfect an appeal 
against itself, thus allowing informality or incomplete- 
ness in the papers, it can have no advantage from 
its neglect, and the case may be examined and decided 
upon its merits, irrespective of form. 

111. Ill, 256; 1857, 92: IV, 239-40 

£ 761. When by local law appeals must be taken 
within a limited time, and that time is allowed to 
pass without appeal, the right of appeal is gone and 
can not be revived: in case of a claim, a second de- 
mand and second refusal will not authorize the appeal 
which should have been taken on the first denial. 
Nox may a Grand Lodge entertain an appeal in dis- 
regard of its own laws of limitation, nor suspend its 
laws and entertain an appeal after the legal time for it 
has expired. U.S. 3:581, 3468. 

$ 762. Application for relief from the obligations or 
penalty imposed by law can only come from the party 
interested, and he predicated upon such reasons as 
the law contemplates as being sufficient and satisfac- 
tory. 111. I, 209. 

\ 703. An appellant should set forth distinctly in 
his appeal what he takes to be the exact error against 
which he appeals. 111. Ill, 98. 

§ 764. No appeal to the Grand Lodge lies upon the 
decision of incidental questions during a trial : they 
may form exceptions, and the basis of an appeal ; but 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 193 

an appeal to the Grand Lodge can only be taken after 
the decision of the entire case by the Lodge, which is 
binding until reversed by the Grand Lodge, or, under 
its authority, by the Grand Master. U.S. 3415. 

\ 765. When a suspended or expelled member appeals 
to his Grand Body on the ground of informality or want 
of fairness on his trial, such Grand Body can not grant 
a new trial unless the averment of informality or un- 
fairness be sustained, or unless new testimony be dis- 
covered. U.S. 817. 

# 766. When the fundamental laws of a Grand Lodge 
provide that an appeal to it may be taken only on 
points of law, or irregularity or unfairness in the pro- 
ceedings, it can not review the findings of fact or the 
severity of the sentence. If a Lodge has the exclusive 
power delegated to it to fix a penalty, no appellate 
tribunal may disturb its decision. U.S. 4591-4. 

[In this, the Hermitage Lodge case, the compiler has taken 
the statement of the points decided from gg 102 and 1839 of the U.S. 
Digest of John H. White, Esq. Perhaps in no other case report- 
ed has it been at once so necessary and so difficult to follow the 
legal rules as to the true meaning of a decision, as the report of 
the committee is so much incumbered with obiter dicta, state- 
ments of opinion not essential to or belonging to the case, which 
an ordinary reader will be apt to mistake for law because they 
are in an adopted report. The only point decided in the case is an 
application of the general principle that Grand Lodges are bound 
by their own laws (2 39). All things said outside of this are not 
■decided by the case.] 

g 767. An appeal confers upon a member under 
penalty no additional privileges or any different 
position than such as he is entitled to under the local 
law of his jurisdiction. (U.S. 903.) If suspended or 
expelled, he has no right to visit the Lodge against 
which he appeals, nor any other Lodge, during the 
pendency of the appeal. 111. 1856, 19. 

£ 768. When in an appealed case the Grand Lodge 
has acquitted an accused party, both on the law and 
on the facts, it can not order a new trial on the same 
charges and for the same offense for the benefit of the 
Lodge or accusing party. U.S. 3818. 

$ 769. A brother who pleads guilty to charges pre- 
ferred against him, and upon whom the Lodge inflicts 



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a penalty, has a right to appeal, inasmuch as the 
penalty may be disproportioned to the transgression. 

111.111,24. 

g 770. An appeal may be taken from a Grand Lodge 
or Encampment to the G.L.TJ.S. (1) by an expelled 
subordinate without consent of its Grand Body, pro- 
vided it has surrendered all its effects; (2) by any 
subordinate with the consent of its Grand Body, in 
which case the consent of the Grand Body must 
appear in the appeal, duly certified; (3) by a member 
or members of the Grand Body, upon questions of 
general interest to the entire Order or to his particu- 
lar jurisdiction, but not upon questions of grievance 
to individual members or individual subordinates. 
An individual has not the right to appeal to the G.L. 
U.S., even with consent of his Grand Body, except as 
in the third case above, unless his Lodge or Encamp- 
ment be entirely subordinate to the G.L. U.S. 

Const. U.S. I,| 4; U.S. 930, 3593, 119, 120; 131, 
3684, 4339, 4388. 

\ 111. Under its power as an appellate body and its 
authority for the superintendence of the Order and 
for the securing of justice in the action of subordin- 
ates, the Grand Lodge of Illinois has, in cases of ap- 
peals from trials, done these things : (1) has confirmed 
the action of Lodges absolutely ; (2) has dismissed ap- 
peals for incompleteness or informality ; (3) has re- 
versed the action of a Lodge, some times with and 
some times without an order for a new trial; (4) has 
approved substantial justice without regard to inform- 
alities; (5) has reversed sentences of condemnation 
when unjust, or when informally obtained; (6) has 
reduced penalties or advised the reduction of them 
when too severe; (7) has required the imposition of a 
penalty when a Lodge had failed to inflict after con- 
viction, or of a suitable penalty when that of the 
Lodge was unsuitable or illegal; and fina'ly (8) has 
required a Lodge to convict a member manifestly 
guilty, in some cases prescribing also the penalty. 

[Examples of some of the above cases.— 4. Case from No. IS, 111. I, 
234: No. 35, I, 256: No. 41, I, 301: No. 109, 1853, 79 ; i!fi75: No. 92, 
1855, «6 : later cases are rare, modes of procedure becoming better 
known. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 195 

5. Roots case, No. 97, 111.1853 56; 1854, 66; 1856, 114; 1857,89: No. 
73. Low expelled for contempt ; reversed, III, 95 : No. 112, III, 36 : 
No. 268, III, 343: No. 2, Miller case, error in neglect to grant a 
card, IV, 234: No. 145, Martin case, rules of evidence involved, 
IV, 311: Header case, No. 269, charges insufficient, III, 440: Haw- 
kins case, No. 250, same cause, III, 441 : Osborn case, No. 6, and 
Call case, No. 174, insufficient time allowed. IV, 144, 314 : Humble 
case, No. 343. sustaining charges voted on twice, IV, 221 : No. 215,. 
same point, IV, 11 : Buckles case, No. 199, III, 95. 

6. Hagler case, No. 238, fine for non-attendance, III, 97-8 : Ken- 
nedy case, No. 222, disregard of \ 723, III, 97: Shores case, No. 144,. 
too severe, V, 21 : Case's case. No. 429, V, 80. 

7. Case of N. Willard, No. 64. 1, 234 : 1853, 34, 59 : Gait case, No. 
33,1855,68: Newton case. No. 227, III, 95: case from No. 97, 1857, 
89: Shores case, No. 144, V, 21 : case from No. 11, official miscon- 
duct, V, 22: cases from No. 337, suspension for one minute and 
one day, IV, 194 : Derr case, No. 86, illegal fine, when law required 
reprimand, IV, 378. 

8. McConnell case, No. 4, conviction and expulsion ordered on 
the state of facts shown if unchanged on new trial U852), I, 289: 
Kendall case (misprinted Bendall) 1856,55: Hukle case, No. 4 
(1861), III, 258: Brown case (1866), No. 40, IV, 10: Bippe case, 
(1868), No. 299. specific penalty ordered, under j 723, IV, 195; re- 
view allowed in 1871, V, 74: cases of Gorman and Schirmer (1871), 
specific penalty under £723 ordered, V, 20, 24: Sohn case (1871), 
No. 36, new trial because conviction was necessary ; result, ex- 
pulsion ; V.21, 99: Hall case i'1871j, No. 95, same cause, action 
and result, V, 22,99: Tweed case, Mason Lodge, No. 143 (1871) • 
conviction ordered, and a penalty, V, 26 ; Lodge refused to act, 
and was suspended, V, 26 ; suspension confirmed, V, 80, 92. 

The following cases, which fall into classes 1 and 3 above, are- 
worthy of special note. The Casey case, resignation under 
charges disallowed, 1,301 310: cases of Lower and Coggeshall, 
Nos. 4 and 125. insufficiencv and vagueness of ch-irges, 1856, 42 ; 
1857, 91 : s e, likewise, III, 169, 440,441 : Ruth case, No. 337, accused 
found guilty of injuring and scandalizing the Order by his busi- 
ness, grog-shop-keeping, IV, 315; similar case, 1856, 55: Gladwell 
case, No. 73, expulsion revoked by Lodge without legal reason,. 
IV, 219: McNeall case, No. 84, failure of Lodge to perfect appeal 
against her own action adiudged as a default or confession,. 
IV, 239. 

All the above cases are cases of appeal on trials, and not on 
points of law, right to benefits, etc. Of the cases appearing in 
the Journal and not noted above, the compiler is of the opinion 
that reference to them would not add any information of value, 
either because they are plain cases and involve no other points 
of law than are shown by the above, or because the facts and 
law are, in many instances, not stated at all.] 

§ 772. Appeals from State Grand Bodies niay be 
submitted to the Grand Sire in recess; and his decis- 
ions are binding upon the parties until reversed by 
the Grand Lodge. Const. U.S. I, 4. 

$773. In all cases of appeal to the G.L.V.S.. the 
Grand Body from which the appeal is taken is re- 
quired to settle definitely all questions of fact in such. 



196 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

appeal, duly certifying the same under the grand seal 
and the signatures of its executive and recording offi- 
cers, so that the sole business of the G.L.U.S. in the 
case shall be to determine the law applicable to the 
facts. The G.L.U.S. will entertain no appeal unless 
the facts of the case are so settled and certified. And 
when an appeal is taken from a Grand Bod3 r to the 
G.L.U.S., and the Grand Body fails to settle the 
questions of fact, or the proper officers thereof fail 
to certify them, such failure is deemed a sufficient 
reason for reversal of its decision, unless good reason 
be given for the neglect or failure. In two cases, 
however, the G.L.U.S. has referred back appeals for 
the purpose of having the facts settled and certified. 
U.S. 3532, 3714, 3684, 4188. 

\ 774. The laws of the G.L.U.S. require that all ap- 
peal-papers on appeals brought before that Grand 
Body be furnished by the appealing parties, printed 
in pamphlet form, on a page of the same size, as that 
of the printed Journal of Proceedings of that body; 
and in default thereof, the respective appeals are lia- 
ble to be referred back for informality ; and of each 
appeal there must be furnished a sufficient number 
of copies to furnish one to each member of that Grand 
Lodge. U.S. 1127, 2499. 

i/ 775. A party appealing to the G.L.U.S. should 
bring his appeal to the session of the G.L.U.S. next 
after the granting or taking of the appeal: if lie fails 
to do so, his right lapses, and he can not afterward 
bring his appeal without renewed consent of the 
body appealed from. U.S. 3110. 

# 776. A person expelled in this jurisdiction can be 
reinstated only with consent of the Grand Lodge, or 
Grand Master. (See §§ 782, 783.) Hence, expelled 
members can not be reinstated by payment of one 
year's dues or any other sum, unless they were ex- 
pelled for X.P.D prior to the adoption of the law for 
dropping for N.P.D. in 1860. 

Const. Subs. VI, 8, 9; 111. HI, 421. 

[A Grand Lodge may grant a Grand Master the power to re- 
store an expelled member on the petition of his Subordinate 
Lodge.— U.S. 4467." 

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ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 197 

not be honorably or legally reinstated in another ju- 
risdiction, except with the consent of the Lodge which 
expelled him; and any reinstatement insolation of 
this law is void, entirely. 

Const, U.S. XVI, 4, in g 321, above; U.S. 1775. 

§ 778. A member expelled in another jurisdiction 
can be admitted to membership in Illinois only upon 
withdrawal card from the Lodge that expelled him [or 
some equivalent paper, as a dismissal certificate]. 

111. 1855, 23. 

§ 779. A member illegally expelled can not be rein- 
siated by the Lodge that expelled him without the 
consent of the' Grand Lodge (or Grand Master, $ 783), 
unless it be on a new trial as provided in %$ 674, 675, 
or under the law for correction of illegalities given in 
§ 707. 111. 1856, 19. 

I 780. A brother who has been suspended for a speci-. 
fied time (and all suspensions must be for a defined 
period) can not be restored to membership until that, 
time shall have expired, unless by action of a Grand 
Lodge. And upon the expiration of the time he re- 
turns, ipso facto, without any vote or any formality,, 
to the full enjovment of his proper position in the 
Lodge. U.S. 2171, 1504-5. 

£ 781. Reinstatement (except after dropping) re- 
quires the same vote as expulsion, viz., two-thirds of 
the members present, except in cases where a differ- 
ent majority is specifically required by law. No con- 
ditions or terms can be offered by the applicant for 
reinstatement, or prescribed by the Lodge, but those 
prescribed by law. A person can not be reinstated 
into any other than his own Lodge. (See § 321, 
above.) 111.1,209; 111,420. 

§ 782. Petitions to the Grand Lodge for the rein- 
statement of expelled members must be accompanied 
by a statement of the cause of the expulsion, and of" 
the principal facts of the case ; they must also show 
that the expelled member has made such reforma- 
tion or reparation or apology as is appropriate. 

111. 1855, 136. 

§ 783. All petitions for reinstatement which are in 

accordance with law (as given in § 782) may go to the 



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Grand Master and be acted upon by him in recess of 
the Grand Lodge. 111. 1856, 58. 

§ 784. When a brother has been suspended for any 
cause, or dropped, his name is not (or should not be) 
erased from the list of signatures to the constitution 
and by-laws; consequently! it is not necessary that 
he should sign again. 111. Ill, 162. 

^There is no law requiring or allowing the erasure of the signa- 
ture made at admission, at any time or under any circumstan- 
ces ; and the custom of erasing names current in some Lodges 
was probably borrowed from another Order.] 

\ 785. A member who is reinstated after expulsion 
is by reinstatement placed in the same position as 
if he had never been expelled, and recovers all lost 
privileges and honors. See an illustration in § 724. 

111. 1855, 24. 

\ 786. When an investigation is made, on an ap- 
peal, into the action of a Lodge, by a committee of a 
Grand Lodge appointed to examine and hear the 
case, the Lodge should have notice of the investiga- 
tion, so as to have opportunity to be represented be- 
fore the committee: otherwise, the case should be 
reheard. U.S. 2119. 

§ 787. When an appeal from a G.L. is before the 
G.L.U.S., the G. Representative of that Grand Lodge 
may vote on the decision of it, even though per- 
sonally interested, though the general principle 
excludes an interested partv from a vote. (See # 813. ) 

U.S.' 2504. 



Chapter XXVII. 

Meetings, Quorum, Business, Records, Voting, and 
Committees. 

\ 788. The presence of the charter in the Lodge is 
necessary to the legality of its proceedings. 

Charge Book : noted 111. IV, 10. 

§ 789. No Lodge, Encampment, or Degree Lodge, 
may hold any meeting for work or business upon 
Sunday, except for funeral purposes. (See, also, 
H 922, 824.). U.S. 4834. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 199 

§ 790. A Lodge may not hold meetings less fre- 
quently than once a week, except by permission of 
the Grand Lodge ; in which case twenty-six nights are 
required for a term's service. IT.S. 1492. 

[The Grand Lodge of Illinois has never given permission to any 
Lodge to meet less often than once a week. Case of denial, 111. 
IV, 220. A Grand Lodge mav authorize meetings semi-monthlv 
or even monthly. U.S. 1194, 1232 ; 1444, 1492.] 

# 791. If a session be called in conformity with the 
law of a Lodge, any business transacted at that session 
in conformity with the call is in open Lodge. Hence, 
cards granted at a special session are granted in open 
Lodge, in accordance with law. 111. 1857, 54, 94. 

§ 792. A Lodge may change its place of meeting 
from one room to another, in the same town or city, 
without a dispensation from the Grand Master. (See 
$\ 183, 184.) A Lodge may change its evening of 
meeting upon reporting such change to the Grand 
Secretary, without referring the change of by-law to 
the Grand Lodge for approval. 

111. 111,159; 1856,114,115. 

$ 793. When, from the occurrence of a fire in a 
Lodge-room building or immediate vicinity, or from 
any other similarly urgent cause, the members of a 
Lodge open and at work are compelled to suddenly 
disperse without closing in due form, they should 
reassemble the same evening and complete the work 
of the meeting, if possible; if not, the Secretary 
should enter a full statement of the facts and circum- 
stances of the case upon the minutes, and thus close 
the records of that meeting. At the next meeting, 
no matter when or where held, the Lodge should be 
regularly -reopened and proceed regularly with its 
work, the same as if no interruption had occurred at 
the preceding meeting, except that the unfinished 
work of that meeting should be taken up and complet- 
ed as ' unfinished business '. 111. Ill, 161. 

£ 794. It is contrary to usage and highly improper 
for any Subordinate Lodge to use any means of public 
alarm for the purpose of calling its members together. 

111. Ill, 100. 

§ 795. Five members always constitute a quorum in 
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200 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

to preside. The presence of a quorum is legally as- 
certained by calling the roll. Records should show a 
quorum present. A Lodge can not be opened nor 
transact any business unless a quorum he present, and 
a P.G., N.G. or V.G. be present to take the principal 
chair. 

Const. Subs. I; 111. I, 146, 302; 1856, 117; III, 421. 

\ 796. When a Lodge fails to be opened at its regu- 
lar meeting by reason of the absence of officers, it is 
competent for the brothers present to organize inform- 
ally, note the absentees, adjourn, and notify the 
Lodge of the same at its next regular meeting; which 
shall authorize the entering of fines against the delin- 
quents. 111. I, 220; III, 108, 193. 

^797. On a regular night of meeting, when, in the 
absence of the two principal officers, a Lodge was 
opened for business with a Past Grand in the Xoble 
Grand's chair and a scarlet member in the Vice 
Grand's chair, the proceedings of the meeting can not 
be pronounced illegal on the ground that there was 
present no Past Grand to occupy the chair if the 
acting Noble Grand had been required temporarily to 
vacate it, because, if the chair had been thus tempo- 
rarily vacated, it would have been the duty of the 
right supporter to occupy it. U.S. 1840. 

\ 798. When the time for opening Lodge arrives 
and the N.G. has assumed his station, he is from that 
moment in the exercise of official duties; and the 
Lodge is really in session : he should use the gavel in 
calling up the Lodge; and all present should obey it 
as readily in the opening ceremony as after the Lodge 
is declared opened. 111. IV. 383. 

^ 799. If a brother makes application for admission 
into the Lodge-room, in proper manner and time, he 
has a right, if correct, to be admitted. But no brother 
has a right to enter or remain in the Lodge-room, 
while the Lodge is in session, unless he be clothed in 
full in the regalia of his rank or station ; and, of course, 
he may not speak or vote unless so clothed ; provided 
the necessarv regalia be furnished and at hand. 

111. I, 150; 111,160. 

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ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 201' 

it is opened until it is regularly closed, it is under 
the control of the Noble Grand. Should the Lodge 
resolve itself into committee of the whole, it may ap- 
point a chairman for the committee, who, however, 
will not be invested with the powers of the Noble 
Grand ; but the Noble Grand retains a supervisory 
power over the Lodge, and may, upon good cause, dis- 
solve the committee and resume the regular session. 

111. I, 150. 

§ 801. When an appeal is taken in a Lodge from the 
decision of the Noble Grand on questions of law or 
order, it goes first to the Lodge; an appeal lies from 
the Lodge to the Deputy for the Lodge, and from hiim 
to the Grand Master or Grand Lodge. Appeals from 
a Lodge on trials, etc., take a different course, as pre- 
scribed in ffl 758, 759, etc. 

Const, Subs. IX, 1 ; 111. Ill, 78, 108.. 

# 802. A report is not properly before the Lodge- 
until read in open Lodge either by the Secretary or 
some brother of the Lodge, so that the Lodge may 
judge whether the report is germain to the question, 
and couched in proper language; the report is not in 
possession of the Lodge until placed there by vote of 
the Lodge, which vote, if carried, discharges the com- 
mittee without further motion. Hence, the report of 
an investigating committee is not before the Lodge 
until it is read by the Secretary ; prior to the reading 
of such report the name of the candidate may be with- 
drawn. 111. Ill, 44. 

\ 803. The books of Subordinate Lodges prescribe 
the character of the business to be transacted by them, 
but the order of taking it up, as laid down in those 
books, is not compulsory, and may be changed when-, 
the convenience of a Lodge requires it. 

U.S. 1064,5177. 

§ 804. A Lodge may transact business under the- 
head of 'Good of the Order'. 111. 1854, 54.. 

I 805. The records of a Lodge must present an ac- 
curate transcript of the real proceedings, and no al- 
teration which makes a false record is allowable. If 
the Lodge errs and afterward corrects itself, it must 
so appear in the records. The power to alter, amend 



202 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

or expunge any portion of the records .simply extends 
to a correction of clerical errors, so that the Secretary 
may be set right when wrong; but in no case does it 
authorize a Lodge to put wrong for right, or falsehood 
for truth. It is the duty of the Secretary of a Lodge 
to record all the regular proceedings of a Lodge, 
whether they be legal or illegal. It is not his prov- 
ince to judge of their legality. When a motion has 
been made, seconded, and debated, and afterward 
withdrawn, both the motion and withdrawal should 
appear upon the minutes. 

111. 1856,44, 57, 129; III, 159. 

\ 806. When minutes of a meeting come up for con- 
sideration, if the record made by the Secretary is not 
satisfactory, the Lodge can order any statement of 
farts entered upon the record; and such order is legal 
and valid. 111. IV, 128. 

§ 807. The proper time for amending or altering 
records is at the meeting at which they were made, 
or at the next succeeding meeting, when before the 
Lodge for approval. But if at any time afterward it 
is found that the record is incorrect by omission or 
otherwise, the Lodge may amend it, but not the Secre- 
-tary: his power over the record ended with the ap- 
proval of it. In such case the original record should 
not be altered by erasure, interlineation, or the like. 
The fact that an amendment has been made should 
be noted back on the original record : but the sub- 
stance of the alteration and the circumstances of its 
being made should appear in full in the records of 
the meeting at which it was made, and there only. 
The practice of erasing, interlining, etc., to correct a 
record, is fundamentally wrong. 

111. 1,311; IV, 201, 241. 

g 808. All proceedings of a Lodge-meeting for de- 
gree business must be entered in a separate and spe- 
cial record-book, read only at degree meetings ; and 
they must not be entered in any part of the record- 
book of the ordinary meetings. [Records of meeting 
in any degree may not be read in any inferior de- 
gree.] The records of degree meetings may be read 
and approved at such time as the local law may pro- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 203 

vide, either at the same meeting at which the pro- 
ceedings took place, and before closing in the partic- 
ular degree, or at a subsequent meeting when open 
in that degree. U.S. 3876. 

[Illinois has made no general regulation on this matter.— III. 
IV. 198.] 

§ 809. State Grand Bodies are authorized to permit 
their subordinates which work in foreign languages 
to keep their records in their own languages only 
[prior to 1853 they were required to keep a record in 
the English language]. But if they keep records in 
their own language only, their Grand Bodies or the 
executive officers thereof may compel them to fur- 
nish extracts from their minutes translated into Eng- 
lish, whenever thev shall require it. 

U.S. 1113, 2114. 

\ 810. Subordinate Lodges can not be required by 
their Grand Lodges to mutilate the records of their 
proceedings. U.S. 782. 

g 811. All Lodges working in the German language 
in Illinois have permission to keep their records in 
the German language only, subject to the law respect- 
ing translations given in § 809, above. 111. Ill, 508. 

[The Grand Lodge of Illinois, in 1853 (Jour. 1853, p. 58), gave to 
Robert Blum Lodge, No. 58, permission to keep records in Ger- 
man only. No general permission was gjven by the Grand, 
Lodge until the above, in 1864. Such permission was given in 
1871 to First Scandinavian Lodge. No. 446, working in Swedish.— 
III. F,83.] 

£ 812. The moment a member is initiated, he be- 
comes an Odd-Fellow, a whole and entire Odd-Fellow, 
subject to all the penalties of the Order, and entitled 
to all the benefits, save pecuniary ones ; he is entitled 
to a voice in all the proceedings ; a vote on all quest- 
ions; and has the right to propose as well as vote for a 
candidate. 111. 1857, 54, 94. 

§ 813. Every brother present in a Lodge or Encamp- 
ment is obliged to vote on all questions, unless ex- 
cused by the Lodge or Encampment; and no partic- 
ular number of votes is necessary, so long as a quo- 
rum is present. U.S. 4992. 

[This rule applies also to Grand Bodies: see F.S.R. Order, 34; 
G.L. 111. B.O. V, 8; Cushing's Manual, ?244. But a directly-in- 
terested, party may not vote: for example, an accused, party 



204 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

may not vote on questions arising in his trial, ? 693; a member 
of (r.L. whose seat is contested may not vote on a question 
affecting his claim, 111. 1856, y:;; and the Representative of a 
Lodge may not vote in the consideration of an appeal taken by 
his Lodge, U.S. 4863.] 

§814. All voting in a Subordinate Lodge and De- 
gree Lodges is by the U.S. of an O.F., unless otherwise 
provided. The exception is not alone in case of a bal- 
lot for membership, as the decision of the Grand Sire- 
in 1869 (U.S. 4467) would seem to indicate, but in 
cases of advancing to degrees, granting withdrawal 
card^. suspending or expelling members and reinstat- 
ing them, electing officers, reconsidering a ballot for 
membership, when the yeas and nays are ordered,. 
etc., in which cases provision is made by law for vot- 
ing otherwise. U.S. 4993.. 

\ 815. A Lodge may take a vote by yeas and nays, 
though it is not the usual mode of voting. Degree' 
Lodges vote in the same way as others do. 

111. 1856, 20, 23. 

# 816. If the accuracy of the count of a vote by the 
tellers is disputed (which is allowable), the vote- 
should be taken again, if the objection be made at 
once, before the declaration is concurred in at all: 
and, even if only the count of the negative is dis- 
puted, both sides of the vote should be taken again 
at the next trial. U.S. 2873-75. 

\ 817. In a Subordinate Lodge, after the necessary 
business has been transacted, a motion to adjourn is 
in order, and if carried, the Lodge must proceed to- 
close in due form. [This reverses a prior decision in 
1852, p. 1886.] U.S. 5177. 

\ sis. A member may not be prohibited from leav- 
ing the Lodge at proper periods during the meeting, 
provided a quorum remains; and the N.G. may not 
c mipel a brother wishing to retire to remain, by re- 
fusing the salutation. 111. 1855, 23; 1856,' 118. 

$ 819. The N.G. of a Lodge appoints all committees 
not elected by the Lodge, except committees of invest- 
igation on applications for membership: of these the 
V.< r. appoints one member. All vacancies in com- 
mittees are filled in the manner of the original selec- 
tion and at regular meetings of the Lodge. 

111.111,115; 1856,196. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 205 

§ 820. Committees duly appointed by the Lodge, or 
under its authority, may not add to the number of 
their members, nor assign their duties to others. An 
absent member may be appointed on a commit- 
tee, in the discretion of the Lodge, but can not be 
■considered derelict if he fails to attend to its duties 
by declining. 111. 1856, 118, 107. 

§ 821. A committee can not have the power to draw 
on the Treasurer of a Lodge for money. 

111. 1856, 232. 

£ 822. Committees on matters of grievance or disci- 
pline [and committees for the examination of visitors, 
U.S. 690] must always be special committees; and 
thev must not be made standing committees by the 
by-laws of the Lodge. 111. I, 148. 

§ 823. The Model Code gives legal definition of the 
duties of a Finace Committee. 111. IV, 143. 

LThe Model Code, IV, 3, says they " shall audit and inspect the 
accounts, books and reports of the Secretaries and Treasurer, and 
-other officers or committees charged with the receipt and expend- 
iture of money ; and on any matters referred to them they shall 
report at the next meeting after their reference ; but bills against 
the Lodge shall be referred to them to be reported upon immedi- 
ately, or as soon as the case will admit. "] 

§ 824. Committees of a Lodge may not transact any 
business of a secular nature on the Sabbath day, ex- 
cept upon the most urgent necessity. 111. IV, 49. 

| 825. Trustees, five in number, are elected by each 
Lodge, annually, according to section live of an Act 
of Incorporation of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, ap- 
proved Feb. 8, 1849. [See the act in full. 111. I, 321, or 
In Appendix to this Digest.] 

$ 826. Trustees of a Lodge are not officers thereof, 
but are a Standing Committee. They must be elect- 
•ed annually, for no longer period, nor shorter except 
to fill a vacancy; and it is not expedient that either the 
N.G., V.G., Secretary, or Treasurer, shall be members 
of said board. The election of Trustees must be on 
the last meeting of December, except in Lodges that 
by special acts of incorporation have a different time 
prescribed. A blank certificate of election is furnished 
by the Grand Secretary. The certificate must be re- 
corded as required by the statute; and the Deputies 



206 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

of the Grand Master are specially charged with the 
duty of requiring their Lodges to comply with this 
law' [See form of Certificate in Appendix.] 

111. 1856, 118, 207 ; III, 160, 517, 523. 

\ 827. Lodges may not make by-laws that Trustees 
shall hold office during good behavior; and they can 
be displaced from their trusteeship only on conviction 
of official misconduct, or in case of delinquency, or 
removal from the place where the Lodge is located. 
Onlv the Lodge, and nottheN.G., can remove Trustees. 
111. 1856,171; 111,268; IV, 9. 

\ 828. As all members are bound to obey the legal 
mandates of their Lodge, if Trustees refuse or neglect 
to report on the financial condition of the Lodge 
when ordered so to do by it, they are liable to fine or 
other penalty, at discretion of the Lodge. 111. I, 302. 

£ 829. The Trustees can not have power given them 
to draw upon the Treasurer; nor can they keep the 
funds of the Lodge, as they can pass into their hands 
only on order of the Lodge, for investment. As 
Standing Committee of the Lodge, it is proper for 
them to have special charge of widows and orphans 
under its care. 111. 1855, 85; 1857, 166. 

%* Other laws concerning Trustees see by the In- 
dex. 



Chapter XXVIII. 

Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of Order of Subordin- 
ate Lodges. 

§830. The Constitution of Subordinates is uniform 
in Illinois, and prescribed by the Grand Lodge. (See 
§178.) Lodges may not alter their Constitution. 
Amendments to it may be adopted at any session of 
the Grand Lodge, without lying over for a year, and 
go into effect immediately upon their adoption; and 
they do not annul the by-laws of subordinates pre- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 207 

viously made, except so far as the by-laws conflict 
therewith. 

Const. Subs. 111. X, 2; 111. I, 105. 332; III, 248; 1856, 
17, 21. 

§ 831. By the Constitution a Lodge is fully invested 
with power to adopt such by-laws and rules of order, 
from time to time, as may be deemed expedient, pro- 
vided thej* do not in any wise contravene any part of 
the Constitution of Lodges, the laws and constitution 
of the Grand Lodge of Illinois and of the United 
States, or the principles of the Order. (See next 
section.) Const, Subs. 111. X, 3. 

§ 832. A Grand Lodge is not sustained in requiring 
a subordinate to alter its by-laws when they conform 
to the general laws. When a Grand Body has dele- 
gated to its subordinates full control over their finan- 
cial regulations, "subject to the approval of the Com- 
mittee on Law's," if a Subordinate in that jurisdiction 
passes a by-law in accordance with the Constitution 
and By-Laws of the Grand Lodge, the Committee on 
Laws must approve the same. The expediency or in- 
expediency of a by-law of said subordinate on the 
question of finance can not be inquired into by them. 

U.S. 4877, 5139. 

§ 833. By-laws, and amendments thereto, must be 
submitted to the Grand Lodge at its next regular sess- 
ion for approval: if not so done, such by-laws are 
not necessarily void, but are voidable at the pleasure 
of the Lodge. But the by-laws of a Lodge are bind- 
ing upon the members of it until disapproved by the 
Grand Lodge [or regularlv repealed bv the Lodge]. 

• Const. Subs. X, 3; 111.* Ill, 548*, 565*; 1855, 22, 36; V, 
13. 

£ 834. When the by-laws of a Lodge provide the 
same or a less price for a card than that which is 
charged for the same by the Grand Lodge, the price 
may be altered by resolution, without reference of 
the same to the Grand Lodge; and the evening of 
meeting may be changed without sending the amend- 
ment up for approval. 111. 1856, 114, 115. 

$ 835. An assessment made under authority of a by- 
law for any legal purpose is to be enforced and col- 



208 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

lected, though the by-law was not sent to the Grand 
Lodge for approval as required by #833; and even 
though the by-law was repealed by the Lodge itself 
before the session of the Grand Lodge to which it 
should have been sent if not repealed. 

111. IV. 200; V, 13, 14,25. 

^ ^36. A Grand Master has not the power of approv- 
ing the by-laws of a Lodge: they must be acted upon 
by the Grand Lodge. Neither a Deputy nor the 
Grand Master himself can set aside, by dispensation 
or otherwise, the properlv-made, legal and approved 
by-laws of a Lodge. ~ 111. 1856, 20, 173. 

In 1848 (111. T, 152 1, the correction and approval of by-laws was 
referred to P.O. E. A. Rucker, since G. Rep. and D.G.M., and his 
acticm-4vas accepted in advance. In 185H and 1857 (1856, p. 119; 
]sj7. p. s4 , similarly, a large nuuiher of codes was examined by 
G. Sec r y Willard, the reports beins previously given the force of 
law. In all other cases in Illinois the reports have been passed 
upon by the Grand Lodge.] 

# 837. The by-laws of a Lodge must not contain su- 
perfluities, nor reenact the laws of a superior author- 
ity. They should deal with those matters only which 
are left to the discretion of the Lodge. (See U.S. 
3269, the same principle applied bv the G.L.I'. 8.) 

111. 1856, 103-4; 1857,143. 

j? 83s. A Lodge may not suspend its by-laws for 
special occasions, even by a unanimous vote: they 
must be obeyed or amended reeularlv. 

U.S. 2816, 4140; 111. 1856, 118. 

\ 839. The by-laws of a Lodge provided that the by- 
laws ma^ be amended only after written notice "shall 
have been submitted and read on at least two regular 
meetings previous to the time of action on the prop- 
osition," and that '*all such propositions shall be read 
in open Lodge, and subject to discussion at each reg- 
ular meeting after offered until finally disposed of." 
An amendment proposed in this Lodge did not ap- 
pear to have been read in open Lodge and subject to 
discussion at the meeting next after proposition : it 
was held that the proposition had become defunct, 
and could not come up for action except after being 
proposed anew. 111. IV, 335-6. 

# 840. The adoption of a new code of by-laws repeals 
the code previously in force. " 111. Ill, 264. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 209 

The tacit consent of the members can not be re- 
garded as conferring power to enforce any law not 
found in the by-laws or in any enactment made sub- 
sequent to their adoption. U.S. 2790. 

# 841. The following special prohibitions as to the 
subject of by-laws have been enacted by the Grand 
Lodge of Illinois: 

By-laws are not allowed — 

(1) To prescribe qualifications for membership, or 
prohibit applications for membership on account of 
age, whether by initiation or on deposit of card. 

111.1,120; 1856,118; 1857,149. 

(2) To determine the time of an initiation. 

111. 1856, 235. 

(3) To legislate on the scrutiny of ballots. 

111. 1856, 118. 

(4) To legislate respecting a quorum, or the dissolu- 
tion of the Lodge. 111. 1856, 208. 

(5) To prescribe that its Trustees shall be house- 
holders, or that they or members of committees shall 
be of any special degree or rank. 

111. 1854,68; III, 115. 

(6) To legislate respecting degrees, except the amount 
of fees, and to make the election thereto void by non- 
usance in due time. 111. 1856, 178. 

(7) To prescribe limits to the watching service. 

111. 1856, 189. 

(8) To legislate respecting cards; except that they 
may prescribe the fee for a card, and require that the 
fee be paid before application ; also, they may require 
application for withdrawal card to lie over one week. 

111. 1856, 170. 

(9) To legislate on indebtedness between brothers. 

$$ 642, 643. 

(10) To declare the traffic in liquors, or other occu- 
pations by name, an offense : general principles and 
not special instances should be enacted. ♦ $ 644. 

(11) To legislate concerning trials. 111. 1856, 107. 

(12) To create other penalties than those prescribed 
in general laws. g§ 713, 719. 

(13) To define good standing, as it is fixed by gen- 
eral laws. 111. 1857, 88. 

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210 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

[Many other prohibitions may be found in other sections, by 
aid of the index; it is not thought best to repeat them again 
here.l 

\ 842. A by-law which requires the use of the S 8 at 
a time when such use is not required by instruction 
of the G.L.U.S. must be sert aside, even though pre- 
sented to tbe Grand Lodge and not disapproved: it 
makes an addition to the secret work, which neither 
Grand nor Subordinate Lodges may do : the use of the 
S s at certain times is complimentary, not obligatory. 

111. 111,549,565. 

\ 843. It is good policy for a Lodge to prepare and 
adopt some code of the simplest and most frequently 
useful rules of order, and to append* it to the by-laws. 
But rules of order are conventional only, to aid in the 
dispatch of business ; and while by-laws can be amend- 
ed only on previous notice, any particular rule or 
all of them may be set aside temporarily or for the 
whole evening by vote of the Lodge. Rules of order 
ought not to be suspended, however, bv less than a 
two-thirds vote. Ill/ 1856, 166-67. 

§ 844. Penalties should be provided and fixed in the 
bv-laws, and do not belong in rules of order. 

III. 1856, 167. 

# 845. According to the well-settled rules of parlia- 
mentary practice, and as embodied in the Rules of Order 
contained in the 'Model Code', all questions of order are 
to be decided by the presiding officer, subject to an 
appeal to the Lodge. The decision of the Lodge, in 
such cases, should be final. 111. IX, 221. 

§846. dishing' s Manual is, in this Order, authority 
for parliamentary usage. (Adopted for use in G.L. 
U.S. Journal of 1851, p. 1777.) 111. IV, 143. 

# 847. It is very inexpedient, if not improper, that 
a Lodge should, by a standing regulation, confer upon 
a member of a Lodge of another jurisdiction freedom 
of debate on all questions that may come before it. 

U.S. 4382. 
# 848. The Model Code. — At the session of the 
Grand Lodge of Illinois in 1857. a committee was ap- 
pointed, consisting of G. Sec'y Willard, P.G. Rep. Bar- 
ry, and P.G. Edward L. Norton, to draw up a code of 
by-laws for the use of subordinates: it was the inten- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 211 

tion only to place before the Lodges a code which 
they might make the basis of their own codes, or 
adopt with no change but filling blanks. The code, 
since known as 'The Model Code', was published in 
the spring of 1858 : it was approved and recommended 
by the Grand Lodge that year, and has since been ex- 
tensively adopted. The committee prepared as a 
part of it a code of Rules of Order, and a brief append- 
ix of general laws. (See Journal of 1857, pp. 8, 38, 73; 
Vol. Ill, p. 30; and the 'Constitution and Laws of 
the I.O.O.F.' published by the G.L. in 1861 and 1869.) 



Chapter XXIX. 

Terms, Returns, and Reports. 

§ 849. Each year is divided into two terms of six 
months each, including twenty-six nights of meeting. 
Ka Lodge is allowed to meet semi-monthly, its term 
must be extended in proportion. [Commonly the 
terms are said to begin January 1st and July 1st, but 
by the laws,] Terms commence on the first meeting 
in January and on the first in July. Grand Bodies- 
may make their terms begin with April and October, 
if deemed expedient. Every term continues until 
a new one begins: hence, terms do not end with the 
last meetings in June and December. 

U.S. 900, 901, 912; 1492, 2133, 2167. 

Old terms do not close until the Lodge is opened at 
its first regular meeting of the new term. 

111. I, 209. 

$ 850. In case a Subordinate Lodge or Subordinate 
Encampment be instituted or revived in the course 
of a term, if there be more than thirteen weeks be- 
tween the time of its institution and the termination 
of the regular term, they are considered a full term r. 
if there be thirteen weeks or less, then the same, with 
the ensuing term, constitute one term. (See $ 226.) 
Deduction from U.S. 794, 952. 

I 851. At the end of each semi-annual term, it is*. 



212 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

the duty of the outgoing or last past officers to pre- 
pare and forward to the Grand Lodge, immediately, 
the result of the elections, and a regular report of the 
work of the term, including those initiated, admitted 
by card, suspended and expelled (and the cause there- 
of), rejected, withdrawn by card, reinstated, and de- 
ceased, together with the whole number of degrees 
conferred, the whole number in membership, the 
amount of receipts, and the result of the election of 
officers, accompanied by whatever amount may be 
due to the Grand Lodge." Const. Subs. VII, 2. 

§ 852. After a Lodge has approved the semi-annual 
or annual reports to the Grand Lodge, the Secretary 
.has no right to make any alteration without special 
authority from the Lodge, except to correct a palpa- 
ble clerical error. 111. Ill, 161. 

§ 853. When a Xoble Grand is closing his term of 
service, the reports for his term which he certifies 
must not report him as a Past Grand, unless he was 
so by service still prior to that term, as the return 
must be made out before the installation of his suc- 
cessor, and until that installation he is not a past of- 
ficer of that term. U.S. 3210. 

§ 854. The report of the Treasurer at the close of his 
term should be examined by the Finance Committee 
of his term, and before the "first meeting of tbe new 
term. 111. Ill, 444. 

$ 855. All term reports which are made to Grand 
Bodies by their subordinates must contain, in their 
own hand-writing, the signatures of the elective offi- 
cers thereof, and be carefully preserved by the Grand 
Scribes and Grand Secretaries. U.S. 3478. 

[The avowed object of the foregoing law is to prevent fraud in 
obtaining visiting cards; and it was adopted in connection with 
the law given in \ 878 in the next chapter. From these circum- 
stances, it is plain that the above law, although ambiguous in 
terms, is meant to require the signatures of the incoming elective 
officers of the new term, and has not reference to the outgoing 
officers of the old term, whose duty it was before the above enact- 
ment to certify the reports of their term.] 

# 856. The reports of subordinates should be signed 
by the N.G., V.G. and Secretary who fill the chairs of 
those officers on the evening when the reports are 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 21 3 

presented for approval, prior to the installation, 
whether they are the regular or the • pro tern, officers.. 

111. Ill, 268. 
[That &pro tern, officer mar sign these reports is recognized in 
U.S. 3210.] 

$ 857. The Grand Secretary was authorized in 1857 
to prescribe the form for annual and semi-annual re- 
ports from subordinates to the Grand Lodge; and in 
1860 the printed instructions accompanying the blank 
returns were ordered to be of force as positive law* 
Reports must be made on the blanks furnished by 
him, and according to instructions. 

111.1857,22,51,93; 111,167. 

§ 858. Each Lodge must preserve a duplicate of its 
reports for reference, which must be like the report 
sent to the Grand Secretary, in all respects, and must 
be recorded in the book required to be furnished by 
the Grand Secretary. 

Grand Secretary's instructions with reports, and. 
111. IV, 246. 

§ 859. The semi-annual reports should be made out 
after the close of the last meetings in December and 
June, so as to be ready for approval by the Lodge at 
the first meetings in January and July. 

Grand Secretary's instructions. 

\ 860. The Annual Report should be made out to 
accompany the January Semi-Annual Reports, and 
should be made out by the Permanent Secretary, if 
there is such officer in the Lodge. 

Grand Secretary's instructions, and Charge-Book. 

§ 861. Names, and not mere numbers, should be given 
throughout the report, except in the summaries. This 
is very important. Grand Secretary's instructions. 

# 862. In giving reasons for suspension, the real 
cause must be given, namely, a brief statement of the 
charges on which the brother was found guilty. It is 
not sufficient to say 'for conduct unbecoming', or the 
like. Grand Secretary's instructions. 

§ 863. In the Annual Report every person is to be 
listed who was a member of the Lodge at the close of 
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214 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

at that time: if he has taken several degrees during 
the term, he is listed only under the highest. 

Usage, and Grand Secretary's instructions. 

§ 864. The reports of a Lodge should be fowarded 
immediately after approval by the Lodge, and in time 
to reach the Grand Secretary during the first month 
of the new term. The date of mailing the report must 
be entered in the proper blank on the back of it, and 
on the envelope, if one with blank for that purpose 
be furnished by the Grand Secretary. 

111. 1855, 103, and Grand Secretary's instructions. 

§ 865. Reports are not to be delayed for installation, 
•or for other signatures than those of officers who occu- 
py the chairs when they are approved (§ 856), or for any 
other reason that may delay their reaching the Grand 
Secretary in January or July. They may be sent 
without funds rather than delayed. 

Grand Secretary's instructions. 

# 866. Capitation Tax, according to the law in \ 188, 
must be sent with each report, or in separate letter 
before or after, if not at hand when the report is sent. 
The persons on whom tax is paid are described in 
£ 188, with fuller explanation in the Grand Secretary's 
instructions. When two Lodges consolidate, the 
Grand-Lodge dues must be paid on all members of 
either Lodge in good standing, unless after such con- 
solidation, and before such dues are payable, members 
are regularly dropped for N.P.D. 111. Ill, 292.. 

§ 867. The Lodge must paj r the expense of sending 
its reports: if sent by express unpaid, the cost is 
•charged to the Lodge. 

Grand Secretary's instructions. 

£ 868. At several times prior to 1860, laws were 
adopted inflicting penalty or disability upon Lodges 
whose reports were not made out in time to reach the 
Grand Secretary within the first month of the new 
term ; but in 1860 all such laws were repealed. 

111.1855,103,119; 1856,89; 1857,69; 111,203. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 215 

Chapter XXX. 

Journals and Supplies. 

$ 869. The various matters contained in the printed 
Journals of the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge, as 
published and distributed by the Grand Secretary, 
are declared legally and sufficiently made known and 
notified to the several Subordinate Lodges, from and 
after the distribution of the Journals. 111. 1854, 58. 

§ 870. In distributing the annual journals of the 
sessions of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Secretary is 
directed to send each Lodge two copies; to a Lodge 
having thirty-five members, three copies; and one 
additional copy for each additional fifteen members. 
Each Lodge is also entitled to one copy of the Annual 
Journal of the G.L.U.S. (§ 64.) 111. Ill, 445. 

£ 871. Of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of 
Illinois, the journals from the organization to 1852 
inclusive, revised and reprinted in 1860, make Vol. 
I; from 1853 to 1857 inclusive, when reprinted, will 
be Vol. II; from 1858 to 1865 inclusive make Vol. Ill; 
from 1866 to 1870 inclusive, Vol. IV; and it is ordered 
that hereafter everv five vears shall make a volume 
of the Journal. 111. V, 63. 

[An Appendix to this work shows how the pages of the journal 
correspond with the several years, so that the page of any refer- 
ence will show its date.] 

# 872. By the term supplies are meant the books, 
cards, odes, diplomas, etc., made and sold by the 
G.L.U.S. and by the Grand Lodge of Illinois. * Nei- 
ther Grand nor Subordinate bodies, nor individuals, 
are allowed to print or publish any of the books, cards, 
diplomas, odes, certificates, etc., of the Grand Lodge 
of the United States, or any portion of the work; and 
its Diploma or certificate of membership is the only 
one that can be recognized, or that can be lawfully 
signed by officers of Lodges. Its Odes are, since 1870, 
to bear its imprint. The printing of cards by other 
parties has been prohibited from January 1, 1845. 

U.S. 679, 956, 1121, 588, 3135, 4808; also, § 873. 

[The Foreign Jurisdictions of Australia and New Zealand are 
allowed to print Odes.— U.S. 4680.] 



216 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

§ 873. All State Grand Officers and officers of all 
Subordinate Lodges and Encampments are prohibited 
from signing any diploma, certificate or card not is- 
sued by the authority of the G.L.U.S. to brothers of 
the Order, and properly authenticated by the R.W. 
Grand Corresponding Secretary, written or engraved 
on the margin thereof. All diplomas, certificates, or 
cards, not issued by the authority of the G.L.U.S., 
which have been signed by any officer of a Grand or 
Subordinate Body, are of no force or effect, and the 
same are null and void. But this law shall not be 
construed to apply to certificates signed by Grand 
Officers of state jurisdictions to members of defunct 
Lodges and Encampments, as provided by the laws 
of the G.L.U.S. (g 889). U.S. 3135, 3248. 

§ 874. The following are the present (1872) prices of 
supplies, etc., as sold by the Grand Secretary, at rates 
generally fixed by the Grand Lodge: 

Cards, Visiting or Withdrawal {. each $0.25 

Dismissal Certificates " 0.25 

Rebekah Cards < Form on p. 192, Journal 1857; " 0.02 

" (Modified for Widow) " 0.02 

Wives' " (U.S. Digest form) or Widows' " 0.02 

Blank Orders for A.T.P.W. or for S.A.P.W " 0.02 

Forms of Opening and Closing Degree Lodges " 0.15 

Forms of Opening and Closing Degree of Rebekah... " 0.15 
Odes for Degree of Rebekah (New, G.L.U.S. edition). " 0.07>£ 

Odes, Subordinate Lodge " 0.07^ 

Diplomas, less than 10, each, ?0.75 ; 10 at one time " 0.60 

" for Ladies, members of Rebekah-Degree 

Lodges " 0.50 

Book of Forms " 1.50 

Charge Books, Degree Books. Rebekah-Degree Books, 

Institution Books, Public-Installation Books " 2.50 

Journal G.L.U.S. Vols. I. II, III, IV, V " 3.75 

Journal G.L. of Illinois. Vol.1 (Postage 8 cts.) " 1.50 

" " Vol. III..(Postage 14 cts.).... " 2.00 

United States Digest, by mail, postage included " 3.00 

" " " by express, charges not paid, or 

delivered at office of Grand Secretary " 2.60 

Standard Tract " Odd Fellowship— What is it? " free 

The above rates include postage, except on secret 
books of the Order, Journals of the G.L.U.S. and G.L. 
of Illinois, Digests, and Diplomas, unless otherwise 
stated above. 111. 1857, 78, 81 ; IV, 37, 137, 278, 291. 

[Since 1856, it has been the regular custom of the G. Sec 'y of 
Illinois to print the prices of Supplies on the second page of the 
cover of the Annual Journal of the Grand Lodge: any future 
changes will be most readily ascertained there from year to year.] 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 217 

# 875. Of the articles mentioned in the preceding 
section, the Journals of the G.L.U.S. and of the G.L. 
Illinois, the Diplomas (# 876), the Diplomas for ladies, 
or Rebekah-Degree certificates (handsome certificates 
of membership, U.S. 4384), the U.S. Digest, and the 
Book of Forms, ai'e sold to individuals: the Standard 
Tract is now given away (U.S. 5249): the other arti- 
cles must be ordered by Lodges or Encampments, 
with cash accompanying the order: the Grand Secre- 
tary is directed not to fill any orders for supplies un- 
less the cash accompanv the order. 

111,1856,55; 1857,81-2. 

§ 876. Diplomas are delivered to the State Grand 
Bodies signed by the G.C. and R. Secretary of the G. 
L.U.S. ; and when delivered to members of the Order, 
they receive the signature of the Grand Master of the 
State Grand Lodge to which the recipient belongs. 
Diplomas are granted only by vote of Grand or Sub- 
ordinate bodies. U.S. 800, 574, 1127. 

\ 877. The Grand Lodge of Illinois has published a 
handsome engraved charter-plate, which the G. Sec'y 
is authorized to sell to other jurisdictions at one dol- 
lar each. 111. IV, 271, 286; V, 64. 

§ 878. Grand Scribes and Grand Secretaries are pro- 
hibited from delivering or transmitting visiting or 
withdrawal cards to any person whatever or to any 
Encampment or Lodge, excepting upon the order in 
writing of an Encampment or Lodge, signed by its 
Scribe (in the case of an Encampment) or by its Sec- 
retary (in the case of a Lodge), and authenticated by 
the official seal of the Encampment or Lodge ; except 
that supplies may be delivered to duly-accredited rep- 
resentatives of subordinates at the sessions of Grand 
Bodies. U.S. 3478, 5197. 

§ 879. All new Lodges are furnished without charge 
therefor with the following: two Charge-Books; two 
Degree-Books; two Degree-of-Rebekah Books; one 
Institution-Book; twelve Visiting Cards ; six With- 
drawal Cards ; eighteen Odes. 111. 1857, 80. 

§ 880. A [Lodge or] Encampment that works in two 
languages may have two sets of charge [and degree] 
books, one set in each language. U.S. 3513. 



218 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

Chapter XXXI. 

Defunct Lodges. 

\ 881. A Lodge becomes defunct by failing to hold 
meetings for six months, or by failing to make re- 
turns for one year, thereby forfeiting its charter, or 
by reduction of its membership below five. A Lodge 
extinct bv expulsion or suspension is also called de- 
funct. • U.S. Digest of 1853; \ 185, above. 

$ 882. The name and number of a defunct subor- 
dinate, from whatever cause it may have become ex- 
tinct, can not be given to any other subordinate, as 
the privilege of reviving the defunct body and resum- 
ing its title belongs to a sufficient number of those in 
membership at its dissolution. Its effects are in like 
manner preserved for it a reasonable length of time, 
three years or more. U.S. 93, 1888, 1952. 

\ 883. When the members of a defunct Lodge have 
withdrawn from it so that those remaining are less 
than the constitutional number for resuscitation [a 
quorum of five], the G. Sec'y is authorized to dispose 
of its effects. (Since the passage of this law in 1860, 
a new rule has been declared on the revival of de- 
funct Lodges; §884.) 111. Ill, 193. 

§ 884. A Grand Body may allow the resuscitation 
of a defunct subordinate on the application of former 
members, five for a Lodge, and seven for an Encamp- 
ment, giving to them the name, charter and effects 
of the defunct, provided that none of the petitioners 
is at the time of application connected with any other 
Lodge or Encampment. 

U.S. 4145. (But see next section.) 

§ 885. Grand Lodges and Grand Encampments may 
return surrendered charters that have remained un- 
claimed for not less than five years, upon the petition 
of the requisite number of qualified brothers, al- 
though only one of the petitioners may have been a 
member of said defunct Lodge or Encampment. Pro- 
vided, however, that if the requisite number of orig- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 219 

inal members be not found among the petitioners, it 
must be apparent that due diligence and effort have 
been made, in good faith, to procure the required 
number, or no surrendered funds, effects and prop- 
erty of the defunct Lodge or Encampment shall be 
returned with the charter, and in all cases the char- 
ter fee shall be required, as in case of issuing a new 
charter. (See preceding section.) U.S. 4886. 

£ 886. The resuscitation of a defunct Lodge, on the 
-application of a portion of its original members, does 
not restore to membership all its former members 
who were in good standing at the time of its dissolu- 
tion. U.S. 1478. 

$ 887. When a Lodge is suspended or expelled, its 
functions cease for all purposes. If the members 
continue to act as a Lodge, their acts are not voida- 
ble, but utterly void, and can not be made valid by a 
Grand Lodge. When the disability is removed, the 
Lodge begins its life at the point of cessation, the of- 
ficers at the time of suspension, etc., resuming their 
places. U.S. 1391, 2701. 

$ 888. A Grand Body is not liable for the debts or 
•obligations of a defunct subordinate, except to the 
amount realized from the subordinate's effects or 
funds surrendered ; and to that amount it is legally 
and morally liable for the payment of benefits given 
bv another Lodge to a member of its defunct subor- 
dinate. ' U.S. 3062-3, 3107. 

§ 889. When a Subordinate Lodge or Encampment 
becomes extinct, any member thereof is, on paying- 
dues charged against him, entitled to receive from 
the G. Master and G. Sec'y (or G.P. and G. Scribe) or 
other authority prescribed by law of the jurisdiction, 
a card of withdrawal equivalent in force and effect to 
a withdrawal card issued by a subordinate, and which 
shall entitle him to the same rights and privileges. 
The officers to whom the application is made must 
require satisfactory evidence that- the applicant is at 
the time worthy of the recommendation to the 'friend- 
ship and protection ' of the brotherhood. The Lodge 
must also have surrendered its charter and all effects. 

U.S. 3088, 3113. 



220 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

The law of the G.L. 111., equivalent to the above r 
adds this proviso: provided that no such certificate 
shall be given to a member of a suspended or expelled 
Lodge, unless ordered bv special vote of the Grand 
Lodge. By-Laws 111. II, 3. (See § 744, clause 8.) 

\ 890. Where the books of an extinct Lodge or En- 
campment have become lost or destroyed, the Grand 
Master and Grand Secretary, or the Grand Patriarch 
and Grand Scribe, or the M.W. Grand Sire and Grand 
Corresponding and Recording Secretary, as the case 
may be, on being satisfied of the good standing of any 
member of such extinct Lodges or Encampments, 
may issue to him a card of withdrawal, which has- 
the* same force and effect, and entitles him to the 
same privileges, as a card of withdrawal issued by ex- 
isting subordinates. Without such card of withdraw- 
al, a member of an extinct subordinate can not be 
admitted as an Ancient Odd-Fellow. 

-U.S. 2860, 3540. (See I 744, clause 8. ) 

I 891. The [Grand Master and] G. Sec'y are, under 
the preceding section, authorized to grant withdrawal 
cards to brothers suspended or expelled for N.P.D. 
only, whose Lodges afterward become defunct, pro- 
vided such brothers furnish evidence of good stand- 
ing and moral character in the community, and pay 
one year's dues. 111. Ill, 256. 

[On account of specially treacherous and deceitful conduct of 
Jackson Lodge, No. 169, Walshville, Illinois, the Grand Secre- 
tary is ordered never to issue cards to any of the following mem- 
bers of that Lodge : T. D. Whitesides, Wm. Burk, A. T. Stearns, 
Wm. M. Powell, John Clark, C. C. Root, D.B.Smith, G. B. 
Compton, James Ferguson, O. T. Jones, and A. G. Deshane.— 
Ill, III, 107.] 

§ 892. A Grand Body or its chief officer has full 
power to grant a card to a member largely in arrears 
to a defunct subordinate, both by reason of the re- 
sumption of the functions of the extinct subordinate 
and by reason of original control over all members in 
the jurisdiction. This discretionary power implies a 
judicious investigation into each case. U.S. 2561-2. 

§ 893. The Grand Lodge of Oregon asked whether, 
in case of the extinction of a Lodge for misconduct 
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ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 221 

its effects, the G.L. can discriminate between mem- 
bers thereof, giving cards to some and refusing to 
others, or whether it must give cards to all in good 
standing on its books. The. Judiciary Committee re- 
ported that the G.L. might order its subordinate to 
try individuals for the insubordination, or might 
proceed against the Lodge itself and condemn it, but 
that it could not do both: that it could not try the 
Lodge and then punish the individual member: that 
if clear of the books at the extinction of the Lodge, 
each individual had a right to a clearance card: that 
no member can be found guilty or treated as guilty 
until regularly tried. The committee add that new 
legislation oniy can meet the difficulties of the case 
(U.S. 4639). The G.L. U.S. postponed action on the 
report (pp. 4673-4), and it was never called up again. 
But the G.L. U.S. had twice previously decided 
against the doctrine of the Judiciary Committee: in 
1856, confirming G. Sire's 15th decision, § 892, requir- 
ing investigation into each case; and again in 1859 
(Jour. 3113), # 889, directing officers to ascertain 
"whether anapplicant for dismission from a defunct 
Lodge is worthy or not. 



Chapter XXXII. 

Miscellaneous. 

§894. The proper title of the Order is 'The Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd-Fellows', to be abbreviated 
'I.O.O.F.', and not 'I.O. of O.F.' U.S. 171, 4868. 

In the early days of the Order, the name was some 
times used 'Order of Independent Odd-Fellows 1 , ab- 
breviated 'O.I.O.F.' The charter of the G.L. Ohio 
-was so headed. U.S. 179, 187, 200, 201. 

§ 895. The term 'Lodge', when used in Our laws 
without qualification, means a Subordinate Lodge of 
the Order in good standing. U.S. 1149. 

§ 896. The twenty-sixth of April, the anniversary 
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222 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 

1819, is established as the anniversary of this Order,, 
and all Grand Lodges and Encampments are request- 
ed to urge their subordinates to observe the day in 
some appropriate manner. U.S. 41, 64, 4210. 

\ 897. All magazines, periodicals or other publica- 
tions [except journals of proceedings, digests, and 
the Standard Tract] purporting to treat upon Odd- 
Fellowship are solely and entirely upon the responsi- 
bility of their editors and publishers, having no sanc- 
tion or authority from the G.L.U.S. for any thing ap- 
pearing therein. [This was adopted when the G.L. 
U.S. disposed of The Covenant and Official Magazine,. 
for which it had been responsible.] U.S. 792. 

# 898. It is recommended that the public press_ be 
used as a means of advancing the interests of the "Or- 
der. Notices of times and places of meeting pub- 
lished in the local papers are advised. A liberal en- 
couragement should be afforded to our own press. 

U.S. 4420. 

899. The establishment of Odd-Fellows' Libraries 
in every place where it can be successfully brought to 
pass is calculated to promote the best interest of the 
Order, and is earnestly recommended. U.S. 4917.. 

The Grand Lodge urges upon subordinates the 
importance of the formation of libraries wherever 
practicable. Lodges are required to report, with the 
semi-annual returns for July in each year, the num- 
ber of volumes in their respective libraries, the Grand 
Secretary's blanks being prepared therefor. 

111. IV, 469. 
" §900. The order of arrangement of a procession of 
the Order at a funeral is given in £ 622, above. In 
other processions the same order is to be observed as 
far as practicable, and the same rules of precedence. 
The Encampment branch is considered more exalted 
than the Subordinate, and precedence is generally 
given to the patriarchal degrees. This, however, may 
be controlled by circumstances; as, for example, 
where the procession is organized under and in behalf 
of a single Subordinate Lodge. In this case preced- 
ence is usually given to the body under and on whose 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 223 

behalf the procession is organized. In a procession, 

sashes are to be worn only bv officers and past officers. 

U.S. 346, 962, 1932. 

[It will be observed tbat in tbe procession tbe rear is the post of 
honor; tbe members of lowest rank go before all others, and the 
P. Grands are the last of tbe unofficial brothers; tbe elective 
officers and ZST.G. close up the JLodge-ranks ; the corpse of the de- 
cased brother again conies in rear of all. Hence, in assigning an 
Encampment a place in a procession in which it appears as 
an organization, it would take precedence by coming in the rear 
of all Lodges. The reason of this is apparent when the effect of 
the countermarching is noticed: that brings those of highest 
rank foremost at the place of ceremony, while they are heralded 
on the march by those of lower ranks.J 

§901. In a procession organized by the G.L.U.S. a 
Grand Eepresentative takes place as a member of that 
body, in precedence over all officers and members of 
State Grand Bodies; but in any other procession he 
takes place according to his rank as an officer of a 
State Grand Body. U.S. 2214. 

§ 902. Persons not members of the Order or connected 
with it (for instance, ladies who have not the Degree 
of Rebekah, though in company with brothers) should 
not be allowed to join its public processions. 

111. IV, 379. 

§ 903. A brother holding a withdrawal card has no 
right to join a procession of the Order without consent 
of the Lodge by which the procession is formed. 

U.S. 1503. 

£ 904. The meetings of all Grand and Subordinate 
Lodges and Encampments may be opened and closed 
with prayer, which is declared eminently proper and 
highly desirable. But prayer is not an integral part 
of the work except in Encampments ; and each Lodge 
may determine for itself upon the practicability of 
opening and closing with prayer. But a Lodge may not 
assign it as a, duty to any brother or officer and en- 
force the ceremonial by fine or penalty. No one may 
be required to fulfill that office who can not do so 
with due solemnity or without violation of conscience. 
Hence, it is not imperative on Subordinate Lodges to 
have the duties of Chaplain regularly performed in 
the opening and closing ceremonies. 

U.S. By-Laws, XXI; U.S. 685, 2491,4890. 

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224 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

closing Grand or Subordinate Lodges or Encamp- 
ments; each bod v is authorized to adopt a form for 
itself. U.S. 685, 126a 

The Grand Lodge of Illinois has declared it doubt- 
ful policy for a subordinate to adopt a form, and for- 
bids the printing of any form that may be adopted in 
the by-laws as an appendix or otherwise. 111. 1, 151. 

2 906. A member of the Order w T ho is a physician 
engaged in active practice of his profession should be 
exempt from the watching service of a Lodge, because 
of his liability to be summoned at any time to answer 
Calls of emergency or in haste. A physician not in 
practice has no right to such exemption. 

111. 1856, 167. 

[A Lodge fined a brother, under its by-law, for not attending the 
funeral of a deceased brother. He, being a practicing physician, 
plead in excuse professional business, and finally appealed to the 
Grand Master, who sustained the by-law as legal, but said that 
good policy would dictate that he should be excused.— 111. IV, 37§.] 

§ 907. A brother when sick is entitled to attention 
and watching without reference to state lines or juris- 
dictions [the decision is on appeal from a Lodge in a 
border city, E. St, Louis], when within a reasonable 
distance of the Lodge. The question what is a rea- 
sonable distance should be determined by the Lodge 
according to the circumstances of each case. (See 
§841, clause 7.) 111. IV, 310. 

g 908. The letting of a Lodge-room for public exhi- 
bitions is of doubtful expediency, to say the least; 
but, as there is no law prohibiting it in terms, it 
may be done, provided the regular work of the Lodge 
be not thereby interfered with, nor any of its property 
damaged, injured, or endangered. 111. Ill, 160. 

g 909. A Lodge has no right to sell or dispose of its 
regalia, emblems, or Lodge-room furniture, when the 
Lodge would thereby be left deficient in the parapher- 
nalia requisite for the performance of regular work. 

111. Ill, Kio. 

I 910. The G.L.U.S. has adopted forms for public 
dedication of halls and for laying corner-stones, and 
directs that none others be used for these purposes by 
the Order. U.S. 327s. 4387. 

LThe forms are given in the Book of Forms ; in the U.S. Digest 
of 1870, White's; see, also, Appendix to this volume.] 



ILLINOIS ODD-1'ELLOWS DIGEST. 22-3 

• § 911. A member of the Order in good standing is a 
brother at all times, and members of the Order are 
bound to recognize him as such. Lodges may not. in 
their by-laws, forbid the use of the title 'Brother" in 
public. 111. I, 149. 

§ 912. If a person join the Order under an assumed 
name, he must abide the consequences of his own act ; 
neither his Lodge nor its Grand Lodge can authorize 
the resumption of his proper name upon their rec- 
ords, or give him a card by it. TJ.S. 2921, 3476. 

£ 913. Good standing signifies contributing mem- 
bership in a Subordinate Lodge, and freedom from 
any disability by reason of non-payment of dues, or 
of charges under the penal provisions of the Lodge. 
All members of Lodges in the condition above de- 
fined are in good standing in their Lodges; and all 
brothers who hold legal unexpired and unrevoked 
withdrawal cards are in good standing in the Order, 
Though not members of any Lodge. (See $ 319; also, 
I 841, clause 13.) U.S. 497, 2954. 

# 914. The Grand Lodge recommends to all its sub- 
ordinates to insure all their property against loss by 
fire. (See §200.) 111.1,307. 

§ 915. The Grand Lodge of Illinois is by law a cor- 
porate body, with the ordinary powers and privileges 
of such corporations, and the power to hold property 
not exceeding in annual value 820,000. The Grand 
Officers constitute the corporation under the title of 
'The Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois of the In- 
dependent Order of Odd-Fellows'. [See the act of 
Incorporation (dated Feb. 8th, 1849) given in full in 
Journal Vol. I, p. 321, with important amendments 
(dated -Feb. 16th, 1865) given in Vol. Ill, p. 536: ac- 
cepted by G.L. 111. in 1865, Vol. Ill, 561. Given in 
Appendix to this Digest.] 

# 916. The word i making\ in the charge to the O.G., 
means making an Odd-Fellow — i.e., out of a man, as 
one would make brick out of clay. 111. I, 219. 

§917. The use of the 'ratchet' or 'hatcher, some 
times called 'the bull-ring', for making a hideous 
noise at the initiation of a candidate, is an innova- 
tion, and is positively prohibited, as is anv other va- 
15 



226 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

nation from the initiatory ceremony as laid down in 
the ritual. 111. IV, 202. 

§ 918. Members retiring or returning while the 
Lodge is in session must make the proper address to 
the chairs, except the I.G., who has some times to be 
on either side of the door, the 0. Cond. when enter- 
ing with the candidate, and the Warden when retir- 
ing with the candidate to clothe him in regalia. 

'111. IV, 128. 

§ 919. The delivery of lectures on Odd-Fellowship, 
either in Lodges or in public, is not consistent with 
the duties of brethren of the Order, unless they are 
authorized to act in such a capacity by special enact- 
ment in Lodges or Encampments of the state or terri- 
tory within whose jurisdiction the lectures are de- 
livered; and all enactments of Grand or Subordinate 
Lodges having such an object in view should expire 
bv limitation within some reasonable space of time. 
(See §g 920, 021.) U.S. 661. 

$ 920. The law of # 919 is so broad as to interdict all 
lectures upon Odd-Fellowship except as there al- 
lowed, whether relating to the work of the Order, or 
its rise, progress, general attributes, or other matters 
connected with the Order. By special enactment 
alone on the part of a Grand Lodge can [its above 
specified] authority for the delivery of a lecture be 
conferred: the Grand Master of himself has no such 
authority. U.S. 1391-2. 

[This decision does not interfere with the authority above given 
to subordinates: its object is only to say that, as special enact- 
ment is required by the terms of the law, a Grand Master can 
not use the power given to a Grand Lodge. It is plain that the 
G. Sire was only interpreting the law of 1844-5, not reversing or 
changing it. If the latter clause read " On the part of a Grand 
Lodge, special enactment alone can confer authority for the de- 
livery of a lecture," the plain meaning would be the real one of 
the decision given. Any other interpretation would forbid the 
universal usage that a Lodge may invite a brother to give an ad- 
dress at a celebration or festival. See \ 921.] 

§921. Subordinate Lodges may authorize (under 
authority of g 919) the delivery of lectures on the doc- 
trines and practices of the Order, in public or in pri- 
vate, for a limited time. The invitation to a brother 
to deliver an address to the public Or to the Lodge is 
such authority [for him to speak] as is required. It 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 22T 

is, in effect, an enactment expiring within a reason- 
able time; to wit, when the invitation has been ac- 
cepted and complied with. 111. IV, 239. 

\ 922. Pleasure excursions by Lodges on the Sab- 
batn day [Sunday] are not allowed. 111. IV, 49. 

§ 923. Grand Lodges are requested to take action, at 
as early a day as possible, and, where practicable, to 
provide for^the establishment of suitable places where 
the orphan "children of the members of the Order in 
their several jurisdictions may be supported and edu- 
cated. Also, for the establishment, at suitable locali- 
ties, of asylums for the use and benefit of valetudin- 
ary members of the Order, where they may be com- 
fortably supported during the remnant of their days. 
In cases where Grand Lodges may omit .to take ac- 
tion in relation to either of these objects, any Lodge 
or number of Lodges in such jurisdictions are author- 
ized to raise the funds necessary, and to apply the 
same in the establishment and support of such insti- 
tutions or asylums. U.S. 4888. 



Chapter XXXIII. 

The Encampment Branch of the Order, and Laws 
peculiar to it. 



H^The Index to this Chapter will be found separate from the- 
General Index, and at the close of it. 



£ 924. Prefatory Note. — The Encampment Branch 
of the Order, some times called the Patriarchal Or- 
der, consists of Grand and Subordinate Encamp- 
ments, which bear the same relations to each other 
severally and mutually under general laws, and the- 
same relations to the G.L.U.S., as are borne by Grand 
and Subordinate Lodges to each other and to the 
G.L.U.S. The journals of the G.L.U.S. show that, as 
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228 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

for one branch of the Order is applied to the other, if 
applicable, though that other branch be not alluded 
to in the original decision or enactment. Hence, all 
the laws of the G.L.U.S. given in former chapters, 
unless superseded in relation to Encampments b} T 
rules to be given in this chapter, are as applicable to 
Grand and Subordinate Encampments, to Grand Pa- 
triarchs and other officers, both Grand and Subordin- 
ate, as to Grand and Subordinate Lodges and their 
officers. 

It will also be found that, as most of the members 
of the Grand Encampment of Illinois are also mem- 
bers of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, as the two bodies 
meet in the same week, and as the members of the 
Encampments, with rare exceptions, are all members 
of the Lodges in Illinois, the legislation of the two 
branches of the Order is quite similar. Nevertheless, 
though officers and members of Encampments in Illi- 
nois may observe by custom the same laws with 
which they are familiar in Lodges, taking usage for 
law in cases not specially provided for, none of the 
laws of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, as given in the 
foregoing chapters, are to be held as law in Encamp- 
ments until enacted by the Grand Encampment. 

DIVISION I. — Grand Encampments: Grand Encamp- 
ment of Illinois: Grand Officers: Deputies of 
the Grand Patriarch. 

\ 925. Grand Encampments exist by virtue of war- 
rants or dispensations duly granted or confirmed by 
the Grand Lodge of the United States. Upon all oc- 
casions when precedence is to be observed, they rank 
below State Grand Lodges, which are the supreme 
legislative heads within their respective jurisdic- 
tions. U.S. Digest of 1847, p. 54. 

[Statements of the general powers of Grand Encampments are 
in Chapters I and II.] 

§ 926. Grand Encampments work in the Grand-En- 
campment Degree, which was adopted in 1842. It 
can be conferred only at a session of the Grand En- 
campment, and only in its hall of meeting, or in a 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 229 

contiguous room by special resolution, and only upon 
persons qualified to become members of the bodv. 

U.S. 1247, 1091; see, also. l\ 556, 45, 311, and 961. 

I 927. Grand Encampments may be organized ei- 
ther of P.C. Patriarchs alone, or of these and P.H. 
Priests, each G.E. being at liberty to frame its constu 
tution in this respect to suit itself. The grade of 
P. HP's, therefore, depends on local laws: if by these 
they are admitted to membership in the G.E., it is 
best to make them eligible to any office, including 
that of Grand Patriarch, as it is advisable that all 
members be placed on the same footing. But all 
these matters are submitted to the local legislatures 
of the Patriarchal Branch of the Order. U.S. 1114. 

\ 928. The Grand Encampment of Illinois was or- 
ganized at Peoria, July 24th, 1850, under warrant from 
Grand Sire R. H. Griffix, by D.D. G. Sire Charles 
H. Constable. 

There had then been chartered in the state En- 
campments numbered from one to sixteen inclusive, 
by the G.L.U.S., which formed the constituency of 
the new Grand Encampment. This body exists by 
virtue of its charter from the G.L.U.S., and is the 
head of the Patriarchal Order in Illinois, with such 
powers as are given by its charter, the general laws, 
and its constitution. Its general powers are the same 
as those of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, as named in 
I 66, above. 

G.E. Jour. 1850, 3, 4; G.E. Const. I, 1, 2. 

£ 929. The Grand Encampment of Illinois is com- 
posed of the Past Chief Patriarchs and Past High 
Priests in membership in its subordinates; but no 
member can be admitted to any session of the Grand 
Encampment if his Encampment be in arrears for 
more than one term. Each candidate for member- 
ship in the Grand Encampment must present suffi- 
cient evidence from his subordinate that he has filled 
the office of C.P. or H.P. by legal election, and served 
the proper term. Any P.C. P. or P.H. P. who has filled 
either of those offices in another state may, if a mem- 
ber of a Subordinate Encampment under this juris- 
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230 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

Grand Encampment, by producing a certificate from 
the Subordinate Encampment to which he belongs of 
his good standing, and a certificate from the Camp of 
which^ he was last a member showing his official 
standing. [The Grand Encampment is not a repre- 
sentative body, and recognizes no other representa- 
tives of a subordinate than all such of its P.C.P's and 
P.H.P's as attend the session with due evidence of 
right to membership.] Const. G.E. 111. II, 1, 2, 3. 

\ 930. The following is the form of certificate of a 
member of the Grand Encampment : 

Encampment, No I.O.O.F. 

To the R. W. Grand Encampment of Illinois, I. O.O.F. : 

This is to certify that P.C.P. [or P.H.P.] was 

duly elected and installed C.P. or H.P. of this Encampment, 
and completed the term for which he was elected. We cheer- 
fully recommend him to receive the Grand-Encampment De- 
gree. 

In Testimony whereof, we hereunto affix our hands and 

[L.sl the seal of our Encampment, this day of 

18 . 

, C.P. 

H.P. 

Attest: , Scribe. 

Bjr-LawsG.E.,5. 
#931. Brothers who obtain membership in any 
Grand Encampment by service as H.P. can not, upon 
going to another state, obtain membership in the 
Grand Encampment thereof, if such body is by its 
constitution composed only of P.C.P's. Each Grand 
Encampment determines for itself whether to admit 
as members P.H.P's or P.C.P's onlv. 

U.S. 1770-71. 
# 932. Any member of the Grand Encampment 
may, by a vote of the same, be fined, suspended, or 
expelled, for improper conduct; provided that the 
accused shall in all cases have an opportunity of 
making his defense. Const. G.E. II, 4. 

g 933. The officers of a Grand Encampment are M. 
W.Grand Patriarch, M.E.Grand High Priest, R.W. 
Grand Senior Warden, R.W. Grand Scribe, R.W. Grand 
Treasurer, R.W. Grand Junior Warden, who are elect- 
ed; and Grand Sentinel, who is appointed by the 
Grand Patriarch. U.S. Digest of 1847, p. 55. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 231 

[The right of a G.E. to create other offices is inferrible from 
the power of a G.L., U.S. 1476 (in \ 48). As to Grand Representa- 
tives, see 1 118.] 

# 934. The elective officers of the Grand Encamp- 
ment are Most Worthy Grand Patriarch, Most Excel- 
lent Grand High Priest, R.W. Grand Senior Warden, 
R.W. Grand Scribe, R.W. Grand Treasurer, R.W. 
Grand Junior Warden, and E.W. Grand Representa- 
tives, elected at the annual session by ballot, by ma- 
jority of all votes cast, or by acclamation if there be 
but one candidate. Candidates must be previously 
nominated; and at each new ballot the lowest candi- 
date is withdrawn. Const, G. E. Ill, 1, 3, 4. 

$ 935. The appointed officers are a Worthy Grand 
Sentinel, Worthy Grand Outside Sentinel, and a D.D. 
G.P. for each district, appointed annually by the 
Grand Patriarch. Const, G.E. Ill, 2. 

§ 936. All vacancies occurring in the Grand Offices 
are filled by the Grand Patriarch, ad interim, and at 
the next regular session an election takes place in the 
regular manner. Any member of the Grand En- 
campment, in good standing, is eligible for office ; and 
all officers are eligible for reelection except the Grand 
Patriarch. Const. G.E. Ill, 5; V. 

[A suspended Patriarch is not eligible, not being in good stand- 
ing ; and if elected, he can not be installed.— U.S. 4467. The note 
of 1 89 applies to the G.E. also.] 

£ 937. Any Grand Officer may be removed from of- 
fice for misconduct or neglect of duty; and for these 
causes the Grand Patriarch may, during the recess of 
the Grand Encampment, suspend or remove any ap- 
pointed officer. Const. G.E. Ill, 6. 

$ 938. The Grand Patriarch and other elective of- 
ficers have powers and duties as prescribed in the 
Charge-Books of the Order. The Grand Patriarch has 
supervisory authority over the jurisdiction of his 
Grand Encampment. U.S. Digest of 1847, p. 56. 

I 939. To the Most Worthy Grand Patriarch belongs 
the general supervision of the Patriarchal Branch of 
the Order throughout the State of Illinois. He pre- 
sides in the Grand Encampment, preserves order 
therein, and causes the constitution to be strictly ob- 
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232 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

in the constitution must be obeyed, unless reversed 
on an appeal to the Grand Encampment. He has a 
casting vote on all occasions except the election of 
officers or balloting, in either of which cases he may 
vote as the other members. He must sign all orders 
on the Treasurer; also, all other documents that re- 
quire his signature. He appoints all committees, ex- 
cept when, on motion, the Grand Encampment re- 
serves the right. He has authority to grant dispen- 
sations for conferring degrees and opening new En-' 
campments; and to order special communications of 
the Grand Encampment or subordinates, whenever 
he may deem it necessary, or when requested to do 
so bv seven members of the body so called. 

Const. G.E. IV, 1. 

\ 940. Unless the Grand Encampment Constitution 
limits the general superintending authority incident 
to his office, the Grand Patriarch has, as a part of 
such superintending authority, the right to interdict 
any public display of emblems or secret working cos- 
tumes of the Encampments under his jurisdiction, 
which, in his judgment, may prove prejudicial to 
that branch of the Order. U.S. 3030. 

§ 941. It is not within the power of a Grand Patri- 
arch to authorize the removal of a subordinate from 
one town or city to another: that power belongs to 
the State Grand Body. (See g 943. ) U.S. 3181. 

\ 942. The Grand Patriarch has no authority to au- 
thorize an Encampment to meet alternately at one 
and another place ; and the law requires its meetings 
to be held at the place specified in its charter or dis- 
pensation. G.E. Jour. 1866, 4. 

2 943. The Grand Patriarch of the G.E. of Illinois is 
empowered to grant a dispensation for the removal of 
the location of any Subordinate Encampment within 
this jurisdiction, whenever petitioned so to do by 
said Encampment, provided he is satisfied that such 
removal will be for the good of the Order. 

G.E. Jour. 1857, 25. See \ 941. 

£ 944. The Grand Patriarch of Illinois has not au- 
thority to change the name of an Encampment, nor 
to approve such change; nor has an Encampment a 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS* DIGEST. 233 

right to change its own name. The G.E. Constitution 
does not confer upon the G.P. powers as extensive as 
those given the G. Master by the G.L. of Illinois. 

G.E. Jour. 1868, 75. 

\ 945. The Grand Patriarch is authorized to appoint 
such number of competent members of the Grand En- 
campment as may be necessary, to visit such of the 
Encampments throughout the jurisdiction as may in- 
vite them, for the purpose of giving instructions in 
the work, and eacli Encampment is required to pay 
the necessary expenses of the instructor invited by 
it; and the instructions given by the instructors se- 
lected by the Grand Patriarch are to be received as 
the authorized and proper work. 

G.E. Jour. 1867, 48. 

\ 946. The Grand High Priest presides and acts in 
the absence of the Grand Patriarch ; and in case the 
office of Grand Patriarch becomes vacant for any 
cause, he has the full powers of Grand Patriarch until 
the next regular session, and until the vacancy is 
filled. He performs the duties of his office at install- 
ation, and at the opening and closing of the Grand 
Encampment. Const. G.E. IV, 2. 

# 947. The Grand Senior Warden assists the Grand 
Patriarch in presiding and preserving order; and in 
the absence of the Grand Patriarch and Grand High 
Priest he presides; and in case both these offices be- 
come vacant during recess, the Grand Senior Warden, 
ex officio, becomes Grand Patriarch. 

Const. G.E. IV, 3. 

§948. The Grand Scribe must attend all regular and 
special sessions of the Grand Encampment, and re- 
cord the proceedings. He preserves all books, papers, 
etc., belonging to the archives of the Grand Encamp- 
ment; attests all orders drawn on the Grand Treasurer 
for moneys appropriated by the Grand Encampment ; 
keeps the accounts of the Subordinate Encampments 
with the Grand Encampment; keeps a list of the 
members, with the date of their admission ; collects 
all moneys due to the Grand Encampment, and pays 
them into the hands of the Grand Treasurer; and 
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234 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

States, a report of the state of the Patriarchal Order 
in Illinois, according to the form prescribed; per- 
forms such other duties as may be required ; and 
receives such compensation as may from time to time 
be agreed upon. Const. G.E. IV, 4. 

\ 949. The Grand Scribe is instructed to furnish 
blanks for Treasurer's bonds when sending blanks for 
returns to the Encampments. He is to keep the 
regalia of the G.E. in his own possession during recess 
of that body. G.E. Jour. 1867, 46; 1868, 75. 

§ 950. It is the duty of the Grand Scribe to examine 
all reports of subordinates upon the reception thereof, 
and to make therein such corrections of any and 
every kind as he shall find necessary, and inform the 
subordinates thereof; and such corrections are 
deemed the legal corrections of and by the Grand 
Encampment, until set aside or overruled bj' decision 
of the Grand Patriarch upon appeal to that officer, or 
bv action of the Grand Encampment in session. 

G.E. Jour. 1865, 2-44. 

#951. It is the Grand Treasurer's duty to receive 
and take charge of all funds of the Grand Encamp- 
ment; pay all orders drawn on him by the G.P. and 
attested by the G.S. He must submit a report of his 
accounts at the annual session, or when ordered so to 
do; and give a satisfactory bond for the faithful dis- 
charge of his duties, previous to installation. 

Const. G.E. IV, 5. 

[At the session of 1857 the G.E. conferred the offices of G.S. and 
G.T. both upon one person, and has ever since continued to do so. ] 

# 952. The Grand Representatives attend the sess- 
ions of the Grand Lodge of the United States, and 
faithfully represent the Grand Encampment therein. 
The Grand Junior Warden opens and closes the Grand 
Encampment according to his office; and he. intro- 
duces into the Grand Encampment all new members, 
after their credentials have been found correct. The 
Grand Sentinels perform the duties of their respective 
offices, as prescribed by the regulations and work of 
the Grand Encampment. Const. G.E. IV, 6, 7, 8. 

§ 953. The elective officers of the Grand Encamp- 
ment shall each be entitled to and receive five cents 



ILLINOIS 01>D-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 235 

per mile for each mile of necessary travel by the most 
direct route from the location of their several Encamp- 
ments to the place where the Grand Encampment shall 
hold its annual meeting, and in returning therefrom. 
and two dollars each for each day that the Grand En- 
campment shall remain in session, to be paid out of 
any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated : 
provided, that no officer of that body who is an officer 
or representative or who occupies anv position in the 
R W. Grand Lodge, I.O.O.F., of Illinois, by which 
he is entitled to or receives 'Mileage and Per Diem' 
for his attendance upon that body, shall be entitled 
to or receive the above compensation. The Committee 
on Finance is instructed to report the names of such 
as are entitled to mileage and per diem, together 
with the amount due to each; whereupon, the Grand 
Scribe must issue his draft on the Grand Treasurer 
for said amounts respectively. G.E. Jour. 1858, 58. 

§ 954. The honors prescribed for the officers of 
Grand Lodges are intended alike for the officers of 
Grand Encampments. L.S. 2737. 

§ 955. By the Constitution of the Grand Encamp- 
ment (IY, § 1), it appears to be the dut}- of that bodj T 
to assign the districts to which D.D.G.P's are to be 
appointed ; but customarily the formation of districts 
is left to the G.P., and generally each Encampment 
is made a district. The District Deputies have the 
powers and duties assigned them by their commiss- 
ions; the grant of power and duty is the same as is 
given in \ 151, above, to a Deputy of the G.M. in the 
other branch of the Order. They are subject, also, to 
the general and special laws and usages of the Patri- 

Const, G.E. IY, 9; Journals G.E. 111., yearly ; com- 
mission of D.D.G.P. in Appendix. 
I 956. A D.D.G.P. need not have the G.E. Degree as 
a qualification. When visiting an Encampment on 
official business as representative of the G.P. (# 155), 
he is entitled to the same honors as are given that of- 
ficer. On his right to take the chair of a C.P., see 
1 156, note. U.S. 4838, 4887; 4883; 4240. 

§ 957. Arrearages for dues do not disqualify a D.D. 



236 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

G.P. for the duties of his office, unless they have- 
caused him to be suspended. G.E. Jour. 1869, 92. 

\ 958. The Standing Committees of the Grand En- 
campment consist of three members each: they are 
appointed by the G.P. immediately upon his assum- 
ing the duties of his office, and serve one year. They 
are as follows: (1) Committee on Elections and Re- 
turns; (2) on Finance; (3) on Appeals; (4) on the 
State of the Order; (5) Judiciary. Their several du- 
ties are indicated by their titles. Const. G.E. VI. 

\ 959. The G.E. holds one regular session each year, 
on the first day of the session of the Grand Lodge of 
Illinois, at seven o'clock p.m., and at the place where 
the Grand Lodge of Illinois is held. Special sessions 
must be held at such place as is designated in the 
call. Special sessions are to be called by the Grand 
Patriarch at any time, upon the application of three 
Subordinate Encampments, or of seven members of 
the Grand Encampment, who shall be members of no- 
less than three several Subordinate Encampments. 
No business can be transacted at the special sessions 
except that specified in the call; and of all special 
sessions at least thirty days' notice must be given to 
each Subordinate Encampment, and to each Grand 
Officer except the D.D.G. Patriarchs. Seven members 
constitute a quorum at all meetings. 

Const, G.E. VII; By-Laws G.E. 1. 

§ 960. At the time appointed for the meeting of the 
Grand Encampment in session, if no quorum pre- 
sents itself within thirty minutes of the hour set, the 
members present should organize informally and ad- 
journ to some other time. In the absence of the 
G.P., G.H.P., G.S.W., and G.J.W., the chair shall be 
taken by a P.G.P. present, who may be called to it 
by a majority of the members present. After opening 
in regular form, the Grand Encampment is governed 
by the ordinary parliamentary law, having adopted 
no rules of order except the following order of busi- 
ness: 

I. Presentation of Certificates for Degrees, Mem- 
bership, etc., and conferring Degrees. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 237 

II. Reading proceedings of previous meetings. 
III. Presentation of Reports of Subordinate En- 
campments. 
IY. Reports of Grand Officers. 

Y. Reports of Standing Committees. 
YI. Reports of Special Committees. 
VII. Miscellaneous Business. 

By-Laws G.E. 2, 3, 4, 6, 7. 

\ 901. The Grand Encampment must be opened in 
the Grand-Encampment Degree at all times when en- 
gaged with any business of the Encampment branch 
of the Order, unless while installing Grand Officers, 
when, by resolution, it may, during that ceremony, 
he opened in the R.P. Degree, in order to permit the 
presence of members of that rank in the Order ($45). 
Every P.C.P. and every P.H.P. in good standing is 
entitled to receive the Grand-Encampment Degree at 
the sessions of the Grand Encampment, upon present- 
ation of evidence of standing and service. 

Const, G.E. IX. 

[The G.E. has repeatedly opened in the R.P. I), during instruc- 
tion in the work, in order to admit members of that degree dur- 
ing the exemplification, though it has never opened in that de- 
gree for installation. See Journal of 18o7 | first instance >, 31 ; 1858, 
64 ; 1859. 88 ; 1860, 120 ; 1863, 188 ; 1864, 209 ; 1865, 239, 241 ; 1866, 15, refusal 
to open in R.P.D. ; 1871, lo9, 168, former custom resumed. Sundry 
C.P's asked leave to visit the G.E. in 1869, and were refused, G.E, 
Jour. 1869, 102/ 

§ 962. The Grand Encampment can amend its own 
constitution or the uniform constitution adopted by 
it for its subordinates, at any regular session, upon a 
written proposition for amendment, by a majority of 
two-thirds ; or, if notice of the proposition to amend 
the Subordinate Constitution has been given a year 
before, it may be adopted by a majority of Encamp- 
ments represented. The Grand Encampment may 
adopt or amend at any regular session by-laws and 
rules of order, by a two-thirds vote. Subordinates 
may adopt by-laws, which must be sent to the next 
session of the Grand Encampment for approval. 

Const. G.E. X, 8; XI, 1, 2. 

§ 963. Each Encampment must report at the close 
■of each term as required by its constitution, accord- 
ing to a form furnished, and pay to the Grand En- 



238 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 

campment such percentage on receipts, or such capi- 
tation tax, as may be fixed by the by-laws: provided, 
that, if the rated fixed by the by-laws bring more 
revenue than is necessary, the Grand Encampment, 
at a regular session, may, hy resolution, establish a 
lower rate for the ensuing year; and provided, further, 
that, in case of emergency, the Grand Encampment, 
or the Grand Patriarch with the advice and con- 
sent of the elective officers, may order a special as- 
sessment on the subordinates. Since 1861 the rev- 
enue of the Grand Encampment is raised by capita- 
tion tax, paid, as in the Lodges, on all members in 
good standing. Const. G.E., X, 3; By-Laws G.E. 8. 

§ 964. The Grand Encampment is by law a corporate 
body, with the usual powers and privileges of such 
corporations, and the right to hold property of the 
annual value of 820,000. The Grand Officers con- 
stitute the corporation. The legal title of the corpo- 
ration is 'The Grand Encampment of the State of Illi- 
nois of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows'. 
Subordinate Encampments become corporations by 
the same Act on the election of five Trustees, etc. r 
precisely as provided for Lodges in $ 825, above, with 
the same grant of powers. [See the Act (dated Feb. 
18th, 1857) in full, in the Journal of the G.E. for 1857, 
p. 47; and in the Appendix to this Digest, see the 
note to the Act of Incorporation of the Grand Lodge. 
which shows the same.] 

DIVISION IT. — Charters: Institutiox : Defuxcts: 
Gexeral Laws of Subordixate Excampmexts xot 

OTHERWISE CLASSED. 

$965. Grand Patriarchs and their duly-commiss- 
ioned Special Deputies are hereby empowered, under 
such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by 
the Grand Encampments respectively, to confer the 
Subordinate-Encampment Degrees upon a sufficient 
number of Scarlet-Degree members of a Subordinate 
Lodge, for the purpose of qualifying them as proper 
petitioners for a warrant or charter for an Encamp- 
ment within their jurisdiction at a place where none 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 239 

exists. Applicants for such wan-ants must be of the 
P.P. Degree. U.S. 4364, 484. 

Law of 1868. The similar law of 1856 did not say Special Depu- 
ties, nor require regulations of Grand Encampment, but did re- 
quire that the new Encampment should not be within thirty 
miles of an existing Encampment,— E.S. 2630, 2664.] 

§ 966. The Grand Patriarch is authorized, by him- 
self or [Special] Deputy (§ 965), to confer the Patri- 
archal Degrees upon Scarlet-Degree members to qual- 
ify them to form new Encampments, when the good 
of the Order is found to require it. 

G.E. Jour. 1868, 76. 

[The custom is for the G.P. to authorize, by special warrant, 
some Deputy to confer the degrees and receive the petition for a 
dispensation for a new Encampment ; with this warrant are sent 
the books, etc., and dispensation for the new Encampment : as 
soon as the petitioners for the degrees have received them, they 
sign a regular petition for the Encampment charter, which only 
persons having the It. P. D. can ask for; and the Deputy proceeds 
to institute the Encampment.] 

§ 967. Except as provided in the preceding section, 
the Encampment Degrees can be given only by a Sub- 
ordinate Encampment: they can not be conferred in 
a Grand Encampment. U.S. 1247. 

§968. Seven R.P.D. members, in good standing in 
the Order, who are contributing members of Subor- 
dinate Lodges in the State of Illinois, may petition 
the Grand Encampment for a charter to constitute an 
Encampment of Patriarchs. The petition must be 
accompanied by the sum of thirty dollars as the 
charter fee, and certificates of membership in a Sub- 
ordinate Lodge or Lodges, and their withdrawal cards 
from Subordinate Encampments, or a certificate from 
a D.D.G.P. that such cards, in proper form, have been 
deposited with him. Should the charter be granted, 
the Grand Patriarch, or such other qualified Patri- 
arch as he may designate, is to open the Encamp- 
ment and present the charter. Const. G.E. VIII. 

§ 969. Charter members must pay the same fee as 
others admitted by card. G.E. Jour. 1866, 5. 

§ 970. An Encampment mav not be named after 
any living individual.— G.E. "Jour. 1869, 108. The 
same enactment by the G.L.U.S. is given in £ 169. 

§ 971. Seven is the constitutional quorum of an En- 



240 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

campment. The charter of an Encampment can not 
be surrendered by a majority of its members, if there 
be in the minority a constitutional quorum of seven 
members who desire to retain and work under it. 

U.S. 410, and inference from £ 176. 

£ 972. "Whenever the membership of any Encamp- 
ment is reduced below the constitutional number, 
viz., seven, or it fails to make a report for one year, its 
charter may be forfeited by a vote of the Grand En- 
campment. When a charter is forfeited, by the op- 
eration of the preceding section or otherwise, it be- 
comes the duty of the last-installed officers to deliver 
to the Grand Patriarch, or an officer by him deputed, 
all the books, funds, and other property of the En- 
campment. ( !onst. G.E. X, 4, 5. 

[Respecting revival of defunct Encampments, see Chapter 
XXXI ; the rules that apply to Lodges apply to Encampments, 
except as to the quorum required. If a Grand Encampment be- 
comes defunct, its defunct subordinates may be revived by the 
G.L.U.S., or by the Grand Sire in recess.— U.S. 5194.] 

$973. It is optional with Encampments whether 
they will or will not use prayer in opening and clos- 
ing their meetings where it is not made an integral 
part of the work; but where it is made an integral 
part of the work, it must not be omitted, nor a differ- 
ent form used. (See ££904, 905.) U.S. 1033. 

\ 974. All the work of this Order, and especially the 
conferring of its degrees, should be performed in a 
courteous and dignified manner; and to make the 
work the occasion of any sport is contrary to the 
spirit, purposes and laws of the Order. All additions 
to, alterations of or innovations in the work of the 
Order, and all parodies or perverted representations 
of the same, are gross disorders and offenses: and it is 
the duty of all officers and members to aid the Grand 
Patriarch in suppressing and punishing the same. 

G.E. Jour. 1867,48. 

£ 975. A member attending his own Encampment 
is not properly said to visit it; and he should not be 
debarred from share in its proceedings for one term's 
arrearages only. G.E. Jour. 1867, 41. 

£ 976. While a member is in good standing in an 
Encampment, he is entitled to a seat therein: hence, 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 241 

Encampments should make no inquiry of their mem- 
bers as to their payment of dues in their Lodges, and 
should exclude a Patriarch only after evidence of loss 
of membership in his Lodge. 

G.E. Jour. 1857, 20, modified by £ 1026. 
£ 977. Each member of an Encampment in Illinois 
who holds membership in a Lodge in another juris- 
diction must, at each semi-annual meeting, furnish 
to the Encampment satisfactory evidence of good 
standing in his Lodge. G.E. Jour. 1871, 158. 

[What meeting is to be deemed the semi-annual meeting does not 
legally appear. The compiler suggests that, for correctness of 
reports, the last meetings in June and December are the best.] 

§ 978. After an Encampment has been regularly 
opened, members — except the Junior Warden and 
the candidate for initiation — can not enter or leave 
the room before the Encampment is closed without 
observing the usual formalities. U.S. 3180. 

£ 979. Every one entering the Encampment, even 
an officer who has retired to the ante-room on busi- 
ness or by direction, must enter in the usual manner, 
the only exception being the act of the J. W. at initia- 
tion. The same rule applies to retiring from the 
room. G.E. Jour. 1866, 5. See § 978. 

£ 980. Calling up requires the same signal as that 
used at the inner door, in the degrees severally ; seat- 
ing, one knock in all cases. G.E. Jour. 1867, 29. 

§981. The words "* * * * * * 

* * in which you were * * * * 

* * * * * into this Order," addressed 
to the candidate just before taking the O.B.N, in the 
G.R.D., refer to the original * * * * * 

* * * * * in the L., and not to the P. D. 
in the E. G.E. Jour. 1859, 75. 

§ 982. An Encampment may not require the use of 
the signs at balloting: to do so is an addition to the 
work of the Order, and not allowable. 

G.E. Jour. 1866, 6. 
£ 983. Each Subordinate Encampment must have a 
Seal, a proof-impression of which must be furnished 
to the Grand Scribe for the archives of the Grand En- 
campment. Const. G.E. X, 7. 
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242 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

§ 984. Encampments must annually elect Trustees 
and have their election recorded, as required by stat- 
ute: see the Act of Incorporation in the Appendix. 
[The Encampment law gives no details of action : the 
compiler advises that the rules of the Lodges as to 
time and form, § 826, be adopted.] The D.D.G. Pa- 
triarchs are especially charged with the duty of re- 
quiring compliance with this law. 

G.E. Jour. 1864, 219. 

§985. Music to the Ode in the G.R. Degree, com- 
posed by Rev. Edwin Coax and brought before the 
G.E. in 1868 by tbe G.R, published by J. W. Orr, was 
adopted and recommended to the Encampments. 
(§ 1090. ) G.E. Jour. 1868, 58, 78. 

§986. The law of §204 (U.S 3709, given in G.E. 
Jour. 1864, 207) applies also to Encampments, who 
must obtain consent of the Grand Patriarch in simi- 
lar way and on the same pledge, and w T ho are subject 
to the same penalty. The petition on the part of an 
Encampment must be signed bv the C.P., H.P., and 
Scribe. G.E. Jour. 1864, 214, 217. 

DIVISION III.— Election and Installation of En- 
campment Officers: their Powers and Duties. 

§ 987. The officers of an Encampment are Chief Pa- 
triarch, High Priest, Senior Warden, Scribe, Treas- 
urer, Junior Warden, who are elected by the En- 
campment; Guide, Sentinel, 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th Watches, 
who are appointed by the C.P. ; 1st and 2d Guards of 
the Tent, who are appointed by the H.P. Their du- 
ties are prescribed in the Charge-Books. 

U.S. Digest of 1847, 58. 

§ 988. The officers of an Encampment are Chief 
Patriarch, High Priest, Senior Warden, Scribe, Treas- 
urer, Junior Warden, who are elected by the En- 
campment; Guide, Sentinel, Outside Sentinel, First, 
Second, Third and Fourth Watches, who are ap- 
pointed by the Chief Patriarch; First and Second 
Guards of Tent, who are appointed by the High 
Priest. The elective officers are chosen by ballot and 
a majority of votes; or, if there is but one candidate, 
he is chosen by acclamation. The term of all officers 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 243 

is six months. All vacancies are filled in the man- 
ner of the former selection, and for the remainder of 
the term. The rule for honors of office is the same 
as given in # 309, above. 

Const. Sub. E. Ill, 1, 3, 6; G.E. Jour. 1854, 73. 

$ 989. Subordinate Encampments may not create 
offices nor elect officers beyond those provided for by 
the laws of the Grand Encampment. 

G.E. Jour. 1867, 40, 41. 

#990. No Patriarch is eligible to the office of C.P. 
unless he shall have served one term in some elective 
office; and, whenever practicable, the H.P. should be 
selected from members that have previously held of- 
fice. Const, Sub. E. Ill, 2; G.E. Jour. 1852, 32. 

§ 991. A Grand Encampment may approve consti- 
tution and by-laws of a subordinate which make serv- 
ice as H.P. a qualification for eligibility as C.P., pro- 
vided the G.E. has no general lawion the subject. 

U.S. 4211. 

992. Subordinate Encampments in this jurisdiction 
are authorized to elect, in the same manner as other 
officers, an officer to be called the Assistant Scribe, 
whose duty it shall be to keep the accounts of the 
Encampment, to receive its moneys and pay the same 
to the Treasurer, and, in general, to perform such 
duties in the Encampment as in the Lodge appertain 
to the Permanent Secretary ; and at installation, such 
officer shall take such parts of the Scribe's obligation 
as relate to the above-assigned duties. 

G.E. Jour. 1867, 43. 

$ 993. Nominations for offices may be made on the 
night preceding and the night of elections. Elec- 
tions must be at the last regular session in each term, 
and installations at the first regular session in the 
succeeding term. 

Const. Sub. E. Ill, 5; G.E. Jour. 1859, 74; 1870 r 
122. 

§ 994. An officer-elect, having taken prior to install- 
ation a withdrawal card from his Lodge, is not there- 
by disqualified from entering upon his duties as an 
officer in his Encampment. G.E. Jour. 1869, 92. 

[The rule was formerly that a brother holding office in an En- 



244 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

campment vacates said office by taking a withdrawal card from 
his Lodge, even if he should renew his membership within a 
month.— U.S. 1249-50. This was before 186S, in which year the re- 
lation of a holder of a Lodge W. Card to his Encampment was 
changed : see § 1025.] 

g 995. The positions of the Officers of Subordinate 
Encampments shall be as laid down in accompany- 
ing diagram, viz., In addition to the positions of elect- 
ive officers as already prescribed by law and usage, 
the other officers shall be placed as follows : 

The Junior Warden shall sit in the position as- 
signed the Warden in a Subordinate Lodge, that is, 
in front of and to the right-oblique of the C.P. 

The Guide shall sit in front of and to the right- 
oblique of the 8.W. 

The Guards of the Tent shall sit to the right and 
left and in line with the Altar, which latter shall be 
in front of the High Priest's Tent. 

The First and Second Watches shall sit on the right 
and left of the Chief Patriarch, as supporters to the 
principal chair; and the Third and Fourth Watches 
on the right and left of the Senior Warden, as sup- 
porters to that officer. 

The Inside and Outside Sentinels shall be situated 
at their respective doors, the location of which (the 
doors) shall be arranged according to circumstances. 

The diagram is only intended to show the positions 
■of the various officers of a Subordinate Encampment. 
The location of the doors, either to the Encampment- 
room or the ante-room, or from outside to the vesti- 
bule, can not be determined. It is not proposed to 
fix definitely which side of the C.P. the Scribe and 
Treasurer shall sit, nor which side of the room the 
Tent shall be. 

If an Encampment meet in a Lodge-room, the 
■chairs arranged for the Lodge will suit the Encamp- 
ment. The Tent can be adjusted at the Chaplain's 
or P.G's position, so as to be triced up and festooned 
against the wall when not used, or removed at pleas- 
ure. 

§996. The duties of the officers of Encampments 
are principally given in the Charge-Books. The Sen- 
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246 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

given ill § 538. In the absence of the High Priest, if 
no Past High Priest be present, any Royal-Purple 
member may perform all the duties of that officer, if 
the local laws do not prohibit it. A special duty of 
the Scribe is given in $ 275. U.S. 1113. 

[A decision of the G. Sire in 1869, U.S. 4467, declared that the 
duty of presiding in absence of the C.P. and S.W. is not impera- 
tively assigned to the J.W. ; but he may preside if the local laws 
do not prohibit. This was not acted on by the G.L.U.S.] 

\ 997. In all cases wherein the Subordinate Encamp- 
ment is properly called upon to act legislatively, or 
to exercise a discretion, the decision of the Encamp- 
ment must prevail over that of the C.P. ; and any part 
of the pledges of the C.P. at installation with regard 
to admission of candidates of certain qualifications 
only must be held subordinate to this rule: he can 
not refuse to confer the degrees upon a person elected 
thereto. G.E. Jour. 1852, 33. 

I 998. The C.P. and Scribe only can draw orders on 
the Treasurer. G.E. Jour, 1867, 41, 42. 

§ 999. A Junior Warden, when ordered by the C.P. 
to perform certain duties belonging to him, must obey, 
even if he thinks that the order, at the time, is un- 
lawful; but he may perform the duty under protest. 
G.E. Jour. 1870, 122. 

§ 1000. To install when the C.P.-elect is prevented 
from attendance by sickness, at installation the Dep- 
uty should read to the officers the. interrogatories 
addressed to the C. P. -elect, and require their affirmative 
answer; he should then proceed as usual, calling the 
Senior Warden to the chair at the close of installation. 
G.E. Jour. 1866, 5. 

I 1001. When the C.P.-elect is the only P.C.P. in 
the Encampment, the P.H.P. can not install him, as 
the obligations of an office can he administered only 
by those who have already taken them. ($92.) 

G.E. Jour. 1866,5. 

§ 1002. The position of an officer during his O.B.X. 
at installation is the same as that of a candidate in 
the O.B.N, of the G.R. Degree, as indicated in §981. 
It is not that specifically directed in the charge-books 
for a candidate in the other degrees. 

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ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 247 

§ 1003. At installation officers must be free from 
charges and clear of indebtedness for dues of any kind. 
In absence of the G.P. or his deputy and all P.O. Patri- 
archs, a C. P. may install his successor. The nine quest- 
ions proposed to the C.P. at installation, together 
with the answers, impose obligations which can not 
be rejected nor violated with impunitv. 

Charge-Books; U.S. 1246, 3181. 

§ 1004. If an officer is absent for three successive 
meetings, his seat may be vacated bv vote of the En- 
campment. Const. Sub. E. Ill, 6. 

[This rule is different from that of Lodges in Illinois, which re- 
quires a fourth absence to deprive the officer of his seat.] 

$ 1005. A verbal resignation of a subordinate officer, 
when made in person, is proper; and a C.P. may not 
require it in writing before it is accepted. 

G.E. Jour. 1859, 74. 

DIVISION IV. — Membership, including Qualifica- 
tions, Propositions, Ballots, and Admissions: 
Dues, Fees, and Funds : Benefits. 

\ 1006. No person can be initiated into and receive 
the degrees of any Encampment who is not a Scarlet- 
Degree member, in good standing, of a Subordinate 
Lodge in good standing : and if a member loses his 
standing in his Lodge, or his Lodge is suspended or 
expelled, he loses his membership in the Encamp- 
ment, and can not be admitted as member or visitor. 

U.S. 1148,2701. 

§ 1007. The rules respecting residence which govern 
admission into Encampments in Illinois, so far as 
they are the result of positive law, are those in §§ 334, 
338, and 342; but usage, based on a former bv-law of 
the G.L.U.S. (U.S. Dig. of 1847, pp. 75-6; U.S. p. 20, 
Art. 30), would include $ 332. Distance is to be 
reckoned from the residence of an applicant, and not 
from the location of his Lodge. G.E. Jour. 1858, 53. 

g 1008. The G-.P. may, upon consent of the Camp 
nearest to the residence of a candidate, grant dispen- 
sation for his admission into one that is more remote. 
A brother who is a member in good standing in a 
Subordinate Lodge in one state, and at the same time 



248 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

a resident in another state, is a proper candidate for 
initiation into an Encampment at the place of his 
residence. U.S. 2215, 1841. 

\ 1009. A proposition for membership must be made 
in writing, and by a member, accompanied by a cer- 
tificate from the Secretary of the Subordinate Lodge 
to which the candidate belongs, stating that he is a 
member thereof, in good standing. The proposition 
must be entered, in substance, on the record, and re- 
ferred to three Patriarchs for investigation, who must 
report at the next regular meeting, when the candi- 
date must be balloted for with ball ballots ; and if one 
black ball appear in the box. he is rejected, and so 
declared; otherwise, he is to be declared elected. A 
proposition may, however, be withdrawn by the pro- 
poser, at any time previous to the report of the com- 
mittee, with the consent of the Encampment. 

Const. Sub. E. II, 2. 

§ 1010. The certificate of either the Recording Secre- 
tary or the Permanent or Financial Secretary of a 
Subordinate Lodge, under the seal of the Lodge, of 
the standing, etc.. of a member thereof, is sufficient 
evidence for an Encampment to act upon, but local 
legislation may make it exclusively the dutv of either 
Secretary. 'U.S. 3235. 

§ 1011. If a member be initiated without the proper 
certificate of standing, but on a verbal statement of 
the Secretary of the Lodge to which he belongs, his 
membership should not be disturbed. 

G.E. 1869, 100. 

§ 1012. A D.D.G.P. is authorized by his commission 
to issue all dispensations authorized by express law or 
usage: among the latter class are dispensations to 
propose, elect, and confer the Patriarchal Degrees, in 
one and the same evening. But such dispensation 
can not be given for action at a called meeting, even 
though every member of the Encampment is notified 
of the meeting and of its object. All propositions 
must come in and be acted upon at regular meetings. 

G.E. Jour. 1866, 6. 

1 1013. A Patriarch of the Order, wishing to become 
a member, must present his withdrawal card from the 



ILLINOIS OLD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 249 

Encampment of which he was a member, which must 
be disposed of, in all respects, as is provided for other 
applicants, and, on being admitted, is to pay such 
sum as the committee recommends or the Encamp- 
ment determines. Const. Sub. E. II, 3. 

1 1014. An Ancient (Patriarchal) Odd-Fellow, who 
has a card out of date, can be readmitted by paying 
such fee as the Encampment may prescribe, and sub- 
mitting to a ballot in usual form. 

G.E. Jour. 1859, 75. 

§ 1015. A brother who presents an expired with- 
drawal card from an Encampment is an Ancient Odd- 
Fellow of the Patriarchal Order, the law in 111. Digest 
§ 350 being general, and applying to both branches 
of the Order. If the by-laws of an Encampment do 
not provide for admission in such a case, it may act 
under 111. Digest § 1014, by resolution ; no by-law is 
necessary. G.E. Jour. 1866, 4. 

\ 1016. In a peculiarly-anomalous case, in which a 
person proved himself to have been a Patriarch by 
his possession of the passwords, signs and grips of all 
the degrees, but could bring no other evidence of his 
former connection with the Patriarchal Order, the 
Encampment to which he had applied was directed 
to treat him as an Ancient Patriarchal Odd-Fellow, 
even without card. (See § 350. ) 

G.E. Jour. 1851, 16, 19. 

£ 1017. When a candidate has been rejected, notice 
"thereof must be sent without delay to all Encamp- 
ments within fifty miles, and such vote of rejection 
can not be reconsidered; but in case of an election, a 
new ballot .may be ordered by a majority, at any time 
before his admission. No rejected person may be 
aeain proposed within six months. 

Const. Sub. E. II, 4; G.E. Jour. 1856, 10, 11. 

§ 1018. Ballots on propositions for membership are 
not to be voted on in the Patriarchal Degree for the sake 
of allowing members of that degree to vote, because 
all business is transacted in the R.P.D. (£ 1062); and 
again, an election to membership is (by $ 1064) an 
election to the P.P.D., and only members of that de- 
gree should vote on it. G.E. Jour. 1866, 5; 1867, 29. 



250 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest*. 

£ 1019. A motion that the Patriarchs rise to ascertain 
who cast a black ball is out of order. 

G.E. Jour. 1870, 122. See on this subject \ 363. 

§ 1020. Objection being made to initiating into an 
Encampment an elected candidate, with allegation 
of conduct unbecoming, the objection should be re- 
duced to writing and investigation bad. (See #370.) 
G.E. Jour. 1865, 239. 

§ 1021. A candidate for initiation is examined by 
the J.W. His answers, therefore, need not be made 
in louder tone of voice than is necessary to be plainly 
heard by that officer. G.E. Jour. 1868, 56. 

§ 1022. Encampments in Illinois are allowed to ad- 
mit to membership Patriarchs who are suspended for 
non-payment of dues only in other jurisdictions, or 
who are members of defunct Encampments in other 
jurisdictions and are unable to obtain cards, in ac- 
cordance with the provisions of Art. XVI, £ 4, of the 
Constitution of the G.L.U.S. ; 'provided that, in each 
case, the consent of the Grand Patriarch be first ob- 
tained. G.E. Jour. 1866, 18. 
[On this subject, see the chapter (XXVj on Xon-Payment of 
Dues. All the laws of the G.L.U.S. therein apply to the En- 
campment branch. For this section particularly, see 'i\ 735-738, 
and 741, 742.] 

§ 1023. The law for the admission into Encamp- 
ments of former members of defunct Encampments 
as non-beneficial members, see in \ 381, the enactment 
being the same for Lodges and Encampments, with 
the change of name. G.E. Jour. 1861, 217. 

\ 1024. A member should sign the constitution at 
the time of his admission : the duty of seeing that he 
signs it is not more the duty of the Scribe than of the 
C.P., it being the duty of that officer to see that all 
laws are obeyed. [At the time of admission means, 
in case of an initiate, at the time of receiving the Pa- 
triarchal Degree.] G.E. Jour. 1857, 39; 1871, 153. 

1 1025. Prior to 1868, the law provided that the tak- 
ing of a withdrawal card from a Lodge deprives a Pa- 
triarch of membership in his Encampment, but he is 
ipso facto restored thereto if within a month he again 
becomes a member of a Lodge; and if one who is 
thus restored desires to withdraw from his Camp, he 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 251 

must pursue the usual course. (U.S. 956, 1058. See, 
also, § 994.) But by law of 1868, if a member of an 
Encampment in good standing withdraws by card 
from his Lodge, his Encampment membership is not 
affected thereby for a year from the date of the card, 
provided he keeps his dues in the Encampment paid 
up. His membership in the Encampment continues 
unbroken if he becomes a member of a Lodge again 
during the vitality of the card. U.S. 4368. 

§ 1026. The force and effect of the law regulating 
membership in the Patriarchal branch of the Order is 
not checked or destroyed by the neglect or failure of 
the Secretary of a Lodge to give notice to an Encamp- 
ment of either the granting of a withdrawal card to 
one of its members who is also a member of an En- 
campment, or the renewal of membership in a Lodge 
by deposit of card; bat whenever an Encampment is 
satisfied of the fact — in whatever form it may be pre- 
sented — of the withdrawal of one of its members 
from a Lodge, or the renewal of his membership in a 
Lodge, in either case, it is sufficient under the exist- 
ing law to establish the status of the Encampment 
membership^ U.S. 3876. 

§ 1027. Dues begin to accrue against a member as 
soon as he receives the Patriarchal Degree. 

U.S. 3083-4. 

§ 1028. A person can not be elected to and receive 
the degrees of an Encampment in Illinois for less 
than six dollars : the fee is to be determined by the 
by-laws of the Camp, which also fix the rate of regu- 
lar dues. The Grand Encampment dues or capita- 
tion tax must not be charged and collected separate 
from the regular dues : a law to that effect in 1861-2 
was temporary. 

Const, Sub. E. II, 1; V, 2; C.E. Jour. 1861, 143; 
1864, 211. 

£ 1029. If a Patriarch loses his membership in his 
Encampment by the suspension of his Lodge, and 
said Lodge be afterward reinstated and he reelected 
a member of the Encampment, it can not charge him 
with dues during the time of such suspension of his 
Lodge. U.S. 1392. 



252 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

2 1030. If a member of an Encampment who has ob- 
tained a withdrawal card from his Lodge refuses to 
pay bis dues to the Camp, the latter has no other 
means of redress, under the laws of the Order, tban 
to refuse him a card from that body. U.S. 1720. ' 

\ 1031. An Encampment may change its by-law, 
and thereby reduce its fee for membership from 
twenty dollars to ten dollars; but it may not then 
proceed to distribute to each one of its members ten 
dollars of its legitimate funds. G.E. Jour. 1867, 29. 

£ 1032. An Encampment may not increase its rate 
of dues as a penalty for non-payment of dues already 
due. G.E. Jour. 1871, 153. 

\ 1033. The funds of the Encampment can not be 
legally used for defraying the expense of suppers, for 
the entertainment of friends or otherwise. 

G.E. Jour. 1869, 29. 

§ 1034. An Encampment has absolute control of its 
funds, and may, for the benefit of the Encampment, 
give limited but not entire control of them into the 
hands of its Trustees. G.E. Jour. 1871, 153. 

1 1035. The rate of benefits to be paid by an En- 
campment must be fixed by its by-laws. A specific 
rate must be fixed, and allowed for each full week's- 
sickness. Brothers of the Patriarchal Degree must 
be allowed benefits under the laws. 

Const. Sub. E. V, 2; G.E. Jour. 1869, 92; 1871, 153. 

$ 1036. A temporary abeyance from benefits in a 
Lodge, under the law thereof, and when there has 
been no action of the Lodge in suspending therefrom, 
does not work a forfeiture of benefits in an Encamp- 
ment, when the brother is free from indebtedness 
therein. U.S. 3956. 

\ 1037. It is not optional with an Encampment 
whether it will or will not pay benefits: it must pro- 
vide for paying them, and may tax its members to 
secure the necessary funds for that purpose. 

U.S. 1085,3585. 

§ 1038. An Encampment is liable only for the 
amount of benefits indorsed on a visiting card, if that 
is the amount prescribed by its by-laws at the time 
when the card was granted. If it change its by-law 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 253 

regulating the rate before a visiting card has expired, 
it must continue to pay the amount indorsed until 
the expiration of the. card. G-.E. Jour. 1871, 153. 

'£ 1039. If an Encampment has granted benefits ille- 
gally or erroneously, it may reconsider at the same or 
next meeting, or may rescind or annul its action at a 
later one ; but it may not fail or refuse to give benefits 
legally due. G.E. Jour. 1866, 5. 

DIVISION" V. — Offenses, Trials, Penalties, Appeals 
and Reinstatements, etc. 

g 1040. Any Patriarch who may violate the princi- 
ples of the Order is to be subject to such penalty as 
the Encampment may determine; but he is always 
entitled to a fair trial, upon charges, in all respects 
in accordance with the forms laid down in the Con- 
stitution for Subordinate Lodges of the State of Illi- 
nois. When a Patriarch has been suspended or ex- 
pelled (except for non-payment of dues), notice there- 
of must be sent by the Scribe to all Encampments 
within fifty miles. Const. Sub. E. V, 3, 4. 

§ 1041. The laws of the Order clearly recognize the 
right of an Encampment to take cognizance of the 
misdemeanors of its members at all times ; but when 
an Encampment fails itself to proceed against a mem- 
ber suspended by his Lodge, and rests upon the ac- 
tion and punishment which may have been inflicted 
by the Lodge, when that punishment is by the action 
■of law terminated, and the party returns to his priv- 
ileges as a member in the Lodge, the Encampment is 
obliged to receive him. U.S. 3357. 

§ 1042. An Encampment may try and punish a 
brother for words spoken in a Subordinate Lodge, if 
the words spoken are offensive in themselves, or evi- 
dence conduct unbecoming an Odd-Fellow, or the 
like. In such case, acquittal or conviction by the 
Lodge is no bar to prosecution and trial in the En- 
campment. But if the words spoken are offensive 
only because spoken in the Lodge, and thus offensive 
to the Lodge, the Encampment should not assume 
jurisdiction. U.S. 3118. 



254 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 

The decision of the G. Patriarch, approved by the G.E. of 111. 
(G.E. Jour. 1871, 153, 161) that "A Patriarch can not be tried in a 
Subordinate Lodge for any thing he may have done in an En- 
campment, or in the capacity of a Patriarch," appears by the 
first sentence above to be rather too broadly stated to be correct ; 
but in any case it has no validity, because a G.P. or G.E. can not 
decide upon the affairs of a Lodge.] 

I 1043. The Grand Encampment enacts that appeals 
may be taken to the Grand Encampment from the 
action of any Subordinate Encampment, or against 
any decision or action of the M.W. Grand Patriarch 
or his deputies; but such appeal must be taken with- 
in six months of the accruing of the cause of appeal, 
and shall begin with notifying the Encampment or 
officer against which the appeal is taken of the ap- 
peal and the ground on which it is taken: where- 
upon, copies of all documents connected with the 
case shall be forwarded to the Grand Scribe, duly cer- 
tified by the Encampment or officer concerned, or 
both. The Grand Scribe shall examine appeals for- 
warded to him, and if he find the proceedings in- 
formal or insufficient, he shall notify the parties of 
such informality or insufficiency, and return the pa- 
pers for correction : if they are 'correct in form and 
sufficient, he shall forward them to the Grand Patri- 
arch, who shall examine and decide upon the merits 
of the case : and if his decision be accepted by the 
parties, it shall be a final settlement of the case; but 
he shall present the case to the Grand Encampment 
in his annual report, whether so settled or not. 

By-Laws G.E. 9, 10. 

§ 1044. The judgments of courts are not conclusive 

evidence of the guilt or innocence of parties accused, 

and should not control the action of Encampments. 

G.E. Jour. 1865,239. 

$ 1045. Expulsion and 'Dropping' for X.P.D. are 
not allowed in Illinois. A member may not be sus- 
pended for less than one years unpaid dues. For 
the general laws on this subject, see | 744. 

G.E. Jour. 1865, 238; 1867, 41; 1857, 39. 

1 1046. Any Patriarch suspended or expelled for 
non-payment of dues may be reinstated by a vote of 
the Encampment, upon the payment of such sum, 
not less than one year's dues, as may be determined 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 255 

on. But a person who niay have been expelled for 
non-payment of dues may only be reinstated by a 
two-thirds vote. 

Const. Sub. E. V, 6, ad. G.E. Jour. 1863, 188, 190. 

1 1017. Any Encampment found guilty of willfully 
violating the laws of the Grand Lodge of the United 
States, or of the Grand Encampment, may be sus- 
pended or expelled, but not until after due trial at a 
regular or special session of the Grand Encampment, 
upon charges filed with the Grand Scribe by some P. 
C.P. or member of the Grand Encampment; and 
such suspension or expulsion requires a majority of 
two-thirds of the members voting. 

Const. G.E. X, 6. 

$ 1048. If a Grand Lodge suspends any of its subor- 
dinates, and notice of that fact be given to a Grand 
Encampment, such notice is conclusive upon the lat- 
ter body: she can not go behind it, but must at once 
take means to secure the exclusion of members of the 
suspended body or bodies from her own subordinates. 

U.S. 1149. 

DIVISION VI. — Passwords: Cards: Degrees: Re- 
galia. 

§ 1049. A brother of the Patriarchal Degree is enti- 
tled to receive the semi-annual pass [check] word. 

U.S. 4467. 

§ 1050. An Encampment should not demand of its 

members the S.A.P.W. of the Subordinate Lodges: 

the S.A. Checkword of the Encampment only should 

be used as test of the right to admission. 

G.E. Jour. 1857, 20. 

§ 1051. An E.P.W. is essential in the Encampment, 

to be used in the R.P.D. It is made by the S.W., 

who gives it to the I.S., who requires it of every 

Patriarch on retiring. 

Decision of G. Sire, in G.E. Jour. 1871, 153. 

[The E.P.W., recognized in the decisions of the G.P. of 1865-6, 
was ruled out as having no legal existence in an Encampment by 
the G.P. of 1869-70; and the G.P. of 1870-71 elicited the above de- 
cision. 

\ 1052. A member who forgets the E.P.W. can be 



256 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

admitted in the usual way, or by the C.P. direct, 
which is preferable. G.E. Jour. 1866, 5. 

$ 1053. A card is not in legal form when signed by 
the High Priest and Scribe, as the laws do not author- 
ize the H.P. to preside: A Past C.P., Senior Warden, 
or Junior Warden, when presiding, should sign as 
Chief Patriarch pfo tempore; if a High Priest is P.C.P., 
and takes the chair as such, he must sign a card not 
as H.P., but as C.P. pro tempore. G.E. Jour. 1866, 4. 
§ 1054. The law expressly requires a seal upon a 
card. As it has become customary in legal documents 
to substitute a scroll for a personal seal, so a fashion 
has arisen of substituting a scroll and explanation 
when the seal of a Camp is broken, or when a new 
Camp has not yet obtained a seal. A Patriarch pre- 
senting a card with such substitute for an impression- 
seal should not be rejected because of that, though he 
should be thoroughly examined in case of doubt. 

G.E. Jour. 1866, 4. 
# 1055. If a card is not legal by default of signature 
of proper officers or lack of seal, the C.P. can not 
admit any one on it as a visitor, nor can the D.D.G.P. 
or even the Grand Patriarch order him admitted. 
The fault can not be healed bv official authority. 

G.E. Jour. 1866,5. 
§ 1056. A visiting card can be granted for more than 
one year, as the G.L.U.S. declares that the time of its 
currency shall be fixed by the issuing body. 

G.E. Jour. 1866, 5. 
1 1057. The law requires the return of a visiting 
card when it has expired, but not earlier. Hence, 
the holder of a visiting card may apply for a with- 
drawal card without returning his visiting card ; but 
the Encampment, after granting the withdrawal card, 
may notify the brother that it has been granted, and 
that he must now return his visiting card before the 
sending of the withdrawal card. G.E. Jour. 1866, 5. 
§ 1058. A withdrawal card may be given to a mem- 
ber who has only the Patriarchal Degree. The holder 
of such a card may rejoin the Order in Illinois under 
Const. Sub. E. II, 3 (same as § 1013). 

G.E. Jour. 1868, 56. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 257 

§ 1059. The officers of an Encampment, like those of 
a Lodge (§ 516) can not grant cards in the recess; but 
in the case of a Patriarch who has obtained a card 
from his Lodge, and thus severed membership with 
his Encampment, it is the duty of the officers of the 
Camp to furnish him with a withdrawal card, and re- 
port the same at the next meeting, provided he be in 
good standing and shall 'have complied with the regu- 
lations of his Camp touching such cards. 

U.S. 1065-6, 1721. 

[To what extent this law has been modified by the change in 
the law of membership in Encampments given in § 1025 has not 
been decided. Since this section seems to base the duty assigned 
on the severing of membership in the Encampment, and since, 
under the present law, the membership is not destroyed by tak- 
ing a withdrawal card from a Lodge, the compiler regards the 
section as obsolete. The enactment is omitted from White's 
TJ.S. Digest, which shows the same opinion on the part of its au- 
thor.] 

# 1060. (If a Patriarch withdraw from a Subordinate 
Lodge, and does not within one month thereafter de- 
posit his card, he is entitled to a withdrawal card 
from his Encampment at the first or second meeting 
after the expiration of the month, if clear of the books, 
or if he make himself clear by payment of arrears.) 
If he be clear of the books at the time of withdrawal 
from the Lodge, and do not take a card from the En- 
campment, he is to be considered to have withdrawn 
from the Encampment by resignation ; and if he be 
not clear of the books and do not take a card as above 
specified, the C.P. must declare him suspended for 
N.P.D. Const, Sub. E. V, 5. 

LThe change of law by § 1025, as is shown in the note to the pre- 
ceding section, has rendered a part of this section obsolete and Il- 
legal, especially the first sentence. This law should now read 
thus : 

" If a Patriarch takes a withdrawal card from his Subordinate 
Lodge and suffers it to expire without taking a withdrawal card 
from the Encampment, he is to be held to have withdrawn from 
the Encampment by resignation , if he be clear of the books : oth- 
erwise, the C.P. must declare him suspended for X.P.D."J 

§ 1061. "Whenever any Subordinate Encampment 
surrenders its charter, the members thereof in good 
standing at the time of such surrender may receive, 
upon application to the Most "Worth y Grand Patri- 
arch, withdrawal cards, to entitle them to join other 
Encampments. It is competent for a Grand Encamp- 



258 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

mem or Grand Patriarch to grant a card to enable a. 
Patriarch to join a Subordinate Encampment, if said 
Patriarch is at the time largely in arrears to a defunct 
Encampment. This discretionary power implies, of 
course, a wise and judicious investigation into the 
circumstances of every case presented. U.S. 2561. 

[See on this subject the Chapter (XXXI) on Defunct Lodges.] 

§ 1062. The degrees conferred by an Encampment 
are three : the first, or initiatory of this branch of the 
Order, is termed the Patriarchal Degree ; the second, 
the Golden-Rule Degree; and the third, the Royal- 
Purple Degree ; abbreviated, P.D., G.R.D., and R.P.D. 
The R.P.D. is a necessary qualification for member- 
ship in the G.L.U.S. and for visiting that body. (See 
^ 19 and 29. ) Subordinate Encampments transact 
all 'their ordinary business in this degree, opening in 
the other degrees only for the purpose of conferring 
them. Usage, and Charge-Books. 

[See the historical section respecting degrees, ? 556.] 

\ 1063. The G.L.U.S. refers to local legislation of 
the Encampment branch these questions: whether 
two or more degrees may be given on the same night ; 
and whether separate ballots shall be had on election 
to the several degrees. U.S. 2404; 1401,1451. 

\ 1064. Every Patriarch is eligible for degrees im- 
mediately on being initiated, without further charge 
or ballot; but no more than two degrees may be con- 
ferred on any Patriarch at the same session, unless an 
urgent necessity be proved. (See $$ 1063, 1068.) 

Const, Sub. E. V, 1. 

\ 1065. An Encampment may not confer degrees on a 
member of another Encampment without its consent. 
(See £ 569.) 

\ 1066. If a member withdraws from his Lodge be- 
fore receiving all the degrees, he can receive no more 
until he has renewed his membership in a Lodge, as 
it is improper to confer an Encampment Degree upon 
one holding a withdrawal card from a Subordinate 
Lodge. U.S. 2404. 

[The compiler raises the question whether this is affected by 
i> 1025, but does not regard it as his business to decide it, since it 
may be doubtful. Bro. White retains this in his U.S. Digest, sec- 
tions 320, 498.] 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 259 

£ 1067. A brother who has temporary residence in 
Illinois can not be elected to membership by an En- 
campment at the place of his permanent residence, 
and then, on request of that Encampment, receive his 
degrees here. (See g 335.) G.E. Jour. 1866, 6. 

§1068. A D.D.G.P. may by dispensation authorize 
the giving of the three degrees in one evening. (See 
1 1064.) G.E. Jour. 1868, 56. 

§ 1069. It is the practice in most jurisdictions to 
introduce more than one candidate at a time in the 
Patriarchal and Golden-Rule Degrees; but in no in- 
stance, except at the opening of a new Encampment, 
can there be more than one Patriarch introduced at 
a time in the R.P.D. The charge of the R.P.D. after 
the O.B.jST. ought not to be conferred [exceptas above 
said, in opening a new Camp?] on more than one per- 
son at a time. U.S. 4665, 2135. 

§ 1070. If an Encampment elects to membership a 
Patriarch who has only the P. and G.R. Degrees, it is 
under obligation to give him the R.P.D. (§1064.) 

G.E. Jour. 1869, 92. 

§ 1071. The Encampment regalia is black aprons and 
gloves: Patriarchs who* have attained the R.P.D. wear 
purple collars only (with gloves, U.S. 4467), trimmed 
with yellow lace or fringe. P.C. Patriarchs wear pur- 
ple collars or sashes trimmed as above defined. 

By-Laws U.S. XXII. 

§ 1072. The jewel for a Grand Patriarch is a double 
triangle, of yellow metal, with a representation of an 
altar and crossed crooks in the centre ; for a Grand 
High Priest, same triangle, with a representation of 
the breastplate; for a Grand Senior Warden, same 
triangle, with crossed crooks ; for Grand Junior Ward- 
en, same triangle, with single crook; for Grand 
Scribe, same triangle, with crossed pens; for Grand 
Treasurer, same triangle, with crossed keys ; for Grand 
Sentinel, same triangle, with crossed swords. The- 
G.L.U.S. has approved a jewel for members of a Grand 
Encampment, consisting of a double triangle orna- 
mented with colored stones representing the various 
degrees of the Order. U.S. 943, 161. 

1 1073. The jewels for officers of Subordinate En- 



260 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

campments are the same as those for officers of Grand 
Encampments, except that the triangles are single. 
The jewel of the Guide shall be a staff within a trian- 
gle; that of a Guard of Tent, a halbert or battle-axe 
within a triangle (both alike) ; that of a Watch, a spear 
within a triangle (all to be alike). All these to be in 
uniformity with other jewels prescribed for Subor- 
dinate Encampments. * U.S. 943, 5201. 

# 1074. For Past Grand Patriarchs a jewel is adopted 
of yellow metal, of two and a half inches in diameter, 
rim three-eighths-inch wide, with double triangle, 
and rays extending from rim, and the letters P.G.P. 
in the centre of triangle. U.S. 4399. 

§ 1075. All past officers of Grand and Subordinate 
Encampments are entitled to wear the regalia and 
jewels appertaining to the offices they have passed. 

U.S. 943. 

An Encampment is not bound to furnish the rega- 
lia of office passed for its past officers. 

G.E. Jour. 1868, 56. 

§ 1076. The costumes of the G.R. Degree may not be 
used on public occasions. (Seye \ 940.) U.S. 4467. 

g 1077. The use of swords, belts, gauntlets and mili- 
tary paraphernalia not prescribed by law is inadmissi- 
ble; and the wearing of the same by Odd-Fellows in 
public processions is a flagrant violation of law. 
Chapeaux were at first included in this prohibition, 
but were afterward stricken out. But Subordinate 
Encampments when they appear in public may wear 
such uniform style of headdress as may be approved 
bv the G.P. of the jurisdiction. 

U.S. 4716, 5197, 5246, 4907. 

[Under the authority here given, the G.P. of Illinois, by proc- 
lamation of Dec. 1,1871, gave permission to Subordinate Encamp- 
ments to wear chapeanx when appearing in public] 

2 1078. The order of arrangement of a procession of 
an Encampment, on the principle of that given in 
§622, will be as follows: 

1. The Marshal, if there be one. 

2. The Outside Sentinel. 

3. Members of Patriarchal Degree. 

4. Members of Golden-Rule Degree. 

5. Members of Royal-Purple Degree. 
a. P.C.P's, in order of juniority. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 261 

7. The Inside Guardian, with regalia, etc., and the Guide. 

8. The Juuior Warden and Treasurer, the Scribe and Assistant. 

9. The Senior Warden supported by 3d and 4th Watches. 

10. The High Priest, with Guards. 

11. The Chief Patriarch, supported by the 1st and 2d Watches. 

Crooks should be carried, as wands are carried in 
the Lodge, by the C.P., S.W., H.P., and J.W. (See 
% 995 on the stations of officers. ) 

DIVISION VII. — Meetings: Business: Constitution" 
and By-Laws : Teems and Reports : Supplies. 

1 1079. By usage, which was made law in 1860, En- 
campments should meet twice a month. But, with 
consent of its Grand Encampment, an Encampment 
may hold but one session a month. U.S. 3181. 

In Illinois an Encampment may hold not less than 
one regular session in each month. Adjourned sess- 
ions mav be holden, or special sessions called by the 
C.P., at any time. Const. Sub. E. IV, 1. 

£ 1080. The laws of the Order refer to a calendar 
month when a month is spoken of; but as an En- 
campment will hold a sufficient number of meetings 
in a term if it reckons by the lunar month — for exam- 
ple, by the full moon, — such mode of determining its 
meetings is allowable; and if it reckons by the luna- 
tions, its by-laws and the general regulations relating 
to meetings must be interpreted accordingly. 

G.E. Jour. 1866, 5. 

§ 1081. It is not legal to open an Encampment for 
the purpose of business before the time prescribed in 
its by-laws, unless legal notice be given. 

G.E. Jour. 1870, 122. 

§ 1082. An Encampment may adopt another order 
of business than that given in the charge-books. (See 
§803.) G.E. Jour. 1866, 5. 

1 1083. The G.E. of Illinois has adopted a uniform 
Constitution for Subordinates, concerning amend- 
ments to which see \ 962. See the same section con- 
cerning the by-laws of subordinates. A 'Model 
Code' for Encampments was prepared by G. Scribe 
Xason, and approved and recommended, G.E. Jour. 
1870, 137. 



262 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

\ 1084. The terms of Subordinate Encampments are 
six months long; but if the Encampment meets but 
once a month, the term is extended to twelve months. 

U.S. 3181. 

The terms commence on the first regular meetings 
in January and July : all terms end on the days on 
which the succeeding ones commence. 

Const. G.E. X, 2. 

§1085. In case of a new or revived Encampment, 
the same law prevails respecting terms and elections 
as is given in \ 226 for Lodges, fourteen weeks with 
seven nights' service being counted a term, and less 
than that period being added to the next term. 

U.S. 794, 952. 

# 1086. It is the duty of the last past Scribe, under 
the direction of the last past elective officers, to pre- 
pare and forward to the Grand Encampment, imme- 
diately on the installation of officers, a regular report 
of the work of the past term, according to the forms 
required by the Grand Encampment, together with 
such capitation tax as mav be due. 

Const. Sub. E. IV, 3. See § 963. 

§ 1087. The Grand Scribe is to furnish to each En- 
campment a book for recording its Semi-Annual and 
Annual reports to the Grand Encampment, in which 
they must be promptly entered ; and all Deputies of 
the Grand Patriarch are required to ascertain, prior 
to installation of officers, that the reports have been 
duly recorded; and no D.D.G.P. may install or give 
the S.A. Checkword until such record is made ; and 
of this fact the Grand Patriarch mav require special 
report. G^E. Jour. 1867, 39. 

£ 1088. Annual Reports similar to those of the Sub- 
ordinate Lodges of Illinois are fully authorized and 
required, the G. Scribe being instructed to furnish 
the blanks for them : they are to be made out at the 
close of each calendar year. G.E. Jour. 1871, 167. 
First introduced in 1857 (G.E. Jour. 1857, 21, 30), ex- 
amined in 1858 (G.E. Jour. 1858, 51, 61), and in other 
years, 1860, 1862, 1865, and continued by custom, 
they were recognized and required by implication in 
1867 by the law of $ 799, and again in 1868 by the law 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 263 

of \ 10S9, directing certain matters to be entered 
therein. 

I 1089. In the Animal Reports (§ 1088) the Scribe of 
an Encampment must enter against the name of each 
member the number of the Lodge to which he be- 
longs, and the name of the jurisdiction, if it be other 
than Illinois ; and in the Semi-Annual Reports the 
same entry must be made against the names of per- 
sons initiated, admitted by card, and reinstated. 

G.E. Jour. 186S, 69. 

# 1090. Supplies are sold by the G. Scribe at these 
prices: Cards and Dismissal Certificates, 25 cents 
each; Working Books and Institution Books, 82.25 
each ; P. W. Orders. 2 cents each. The rates are given 
yearly on the cover of the Journal. The rules about 
orders for supplies are the same as in \\ 875, 878. The 
G. Scribe of Illinois also sells the G.R. Ode, and Mu- 
sic, not that referred to in \ 985. 

§ 1091. The rule for the distribution of Journals of 
the Grand Encampment is the same as that of the 
Grand Lodge in § 870. G. B. Jour. 1865, 231, 242. 



APPENDIX I. 

Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of Order of the Grand 
Lodge of the State of Illinois. 

I.— CONSTITUTION. 
ARTICLE I. 

This Grand Lodge shall be known by the name, 
style and title of The Grand Lodge of the Independ- 
ent Order of Odd-Fellows of the State of Illinois. 
ARTICLE II.— Powers. 

This Grand Lodge is the supreme tribunal in the 
State of Illinois of the Independent Order of Odd- 
Fellows, and no Lodge can exist in this state without 
its sanction. It possesses the right of granting char- 
ters, and of suspending or taking away the same upon 
proper cause ; to receive and hear all appeals from the 
decision of Subordinate Lodges; redress grievances and 
complaints arising in or between the several Lodges 
under its jurisdiction; to grant dispensations to 
establish new Lodges, or to Subordinate Lodges to 
initiate persons over the proper age, and to do all 
such other things or acts as are promotive of the 
interests of the Order, that are proper x according to 
the ancient usages of the Order of Odd-Fellowship, 
and not contrary to the Constitution of the Grand 
Lodge of the United States. 

ARTICLE III — Membership. 

$ 1. The members of this Grand Lodge shall consist 
of the M.W. Past Grand Masters, and the Past Grands- 
of every Lodge under its jurisdiction, who are in good 
standing in their respective Lodges, who shall receive 
the Grand-Lodge Degree before taking their seats as 
members. 

§ 2. Each Subordinate Lodge shall be entitled to 
one representative in the Grand Lodge, and to only 



266 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

one; but such representative shall be entitled to east 
the number of votes to which his Lodge may be enti- 
tled. Every Lodge shall be entitled to one vote ; every 
Lodge having seventy-five members shall be entitled 
to two votes, and to one additional vote for every ad- 
ditional seventy-five members. 

§ 3. Any Past Grand from another jurisdiction, be- 
coming a member of a Lodge in this state, may be- 
come a member of this Grand Lodge upon presenting 
a certificate of his official standing from the Grand 
Lodge from whose jurisdiction his membership was 
transferred ; and he shall be entitled to receive the 
Grand-Lodge Degree, and such Past-Otficial Degrees 
as are warranted by his certificate. 

£ 4. This Grand Lodge shall have power to punish 
by reprimand, fine, suspension, or expulsion, any of 
its members who shall offend against its laws, or be 
guilty of conduct in derogation of the character of 
the Order. 

ARTICLE IV.- Officers. 

\ 1. The officers of the Grand Lodge shall be Most 
Worthy Grand Master, Right Worthy Deputy Grand 
Master, Right Worthy Grand Warden, Right Worth y 
Grand Secretary, Right Worthy Grand Treasurer, and 
Right Worthy Grand Representatives to the Grand 
Lodge of the United States, who shall be elected by 
ballot at the annual session; also, a Worthy Grand 
Chaplain, Worthy Grand Marshal, Worthy Grand 
Conductor, Worthy Grand Guardian, and Worthy 
Grand Herald, who shall be appointed at the annual 
session by the Most Worthy Grand Master, and ap- 
proved by the Grand Lodge. Provided, nevertheless, 
that the Grand Lodge may, by its by-laws, provide 
that Past Grands may in their Lodges vote for the elect- 
ive Grand Officers, an election being thereafter had in 
the Grand Lodge when no one is chosen by the votes 
of a majority of the Past Grands. 

£ 2. The Most Worthy Grand Master shall preside at 
all the meetings of the Grand Lodge, preserve order, 
and enforce the laws thereof. He shall appoint all 
Grand Officers pro tern., and all committees unless 



APPENDIX I. — COXSTITT7TIOX OP G.L. 267 

-otherwise ordered by the Grand Lodge. He shall 
give the casting-vote in all cases when the Grand 
Lodge is equally divided, except when the vote is 
taken by representation and at the election of officers. 
He shall appoint all Grand Officers whose appoint- 
ment is not otherwise provided for. He may order 
special sessions of the Grand Lodge whenever the good 
of the Order may appear to require it, and shall call a 
special session on the wri tten request of representatives 
from twentyfive Lodges. He shall order payment by 
the Grand Treasurer of all moneys voted by the Grand 
Lodge. He shall, in person or by deputy, confer all 
Official Degrees. He shall communicate the necessary 
passwords to be used in this jurisdiction, in due season. 
During the recess of the Grand Lodge, he shall have a 
general superintendence of the interests of the Order. 
He shall hear and decide such appeals as may be 
submitted to him; decide upon all questions of law \ 
grant dispensations for opening new Lodges, and per- 
form such other acts as this Grand Lodge might per- 
form, excepting, however, that he may not, by virtue 
of any powers conferred in this section, exercise any 
of the legislative functions of the Grand Lodge. He 
shall make a report to this Grand Lodge, at its first 
session thereafter, of all his decisions and acts ; and all 
decisions made by the Grand Master shall be binding 
until reversed by this Grand Lodge. 

$ 3. The powers of the Right "Worthy Deputy Grand 
Master shall be the same as those of the Most Worthy 
Grand Master, during his absence.. 

$ 4. The Right Worthy Grand "Warden shall assist 
the Grand Master in conducting the business of the 
Grand Lodge; and he shall, under the Grand Master, 
have special charge of the door. 

£ 5. The Right Worthy Grand Secretary shall make 
a just and true record of the proceedings of the Grand. 
Lodge at every meeting, and transmit, immediately 
after the closing of the regular sessions, to the subor- 
dinates, printed copies thereof. He shall keep the 
accounts between the Grand Lodge and its subordin- 
ates, receive all moneys coming to the Grand Lodge 
therefrom, and pay the same over to the Grand Treas- 



268 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

urer immediately. He shall notify each of the sub- 
ordinates of all special sessions. He shall procure all 
stationery for the use of the Grand Lodge. He shall 
receive for Jiis services such compensation, and shall 
give such bond and security for the faithful perform- 
ance of his duties, as the Grand Lodge may deter- 
mine. 

'i 6. The Right Worthy Grand Treasurer shall keep 
his books in a fair and legible manner, exhibiting an 
account of all moneys received and paid out by him 
for the use and by order of the Grand Lodge, to whom 
paid, and for what purpose. He shall have his ac- 
counts posted at every regular meeting of the Grand 
Lodge, and submit them at each session. He shall 
execute to the Grand Lodge, by its corporate name, a 
bond, to be approved of by it, for the faithful per- 
formance of his trust. 

\ 7. The Worthy Grand Chaplain shall attend the 
sessions of the Grand Lodge, and open the same ac- 
cording to his office. 

I 8. The Worthy Grand Marshal shall assist the R. 
W. Deputy Grand Master in supporting the M.W. 
Grand Master in the Grand Lodge. He shall attend 
the Grand Master in his official visits to the subor- 
dinates when requested so to do by that officer, issue 
his proclamations when necessary, and obey his com- 
mands. 

\ 9. The Worthy Grand Conductor shall examine 
and conduct new members into the Grand Lodge, 
attend to the comfort and convenience of members 
during its session, and execute the commands of the 
Grand Master throughout the Grand Lodge. 

\ 10* The Worthy Grand Guardian shall attend the 
inner door of the Grand Lodge, and permit none to 
enter or depart without the consent of the R.W. Grand 
Warden. 

g 11. The Worthy Grand Herald shall have charge 
of the property belonging to the Grand Lodge, and 
keep the same in good order. At all meetings of the 
Grand Lodge he shall have charge of the outer door. 

\ 12. The Worthy Grand Representatives shall at- 
tend the meetings of the Grand Lodge of the United 



APPENDIX I.— CONSTITUTION OF O.L. 269 

States, and faithfully represent this Grand Lodge 
therein, and shall be allowed such sum as may be re- 
quired to bear their expenses while in attendance to 
their duties. 

§ 13. The representative of each Subordinate Lodge 
(who, ex officio, shall be the Deputy Grand Master of 
his Lodge, with the approval of the Grand Master) 
shall have concurrent power with the Grand Master, 
when it does not conflict with his opinion, in grant- 
ing all dispensations, except dispensations to open 
new Lodges; to confer Official Degrees on Past Of- 
ficers; to install the officers of his Lodge, or cause 
it to be done by a qualified Past Grand. He shall 
visit his Lodge at least once in each month, to see 
that the work is done correctly, and shall report to 
the Grand Master, in writing, at least four weeks be- 
fore the regular session of the Grand Lodge. The 
Grand Master shall appoint a special Deputy for such 
Lodges as have no representative attending the Grand 
Lodge at any regular session thereof. 
> £ 14. All Grand Officers shall, in addition to the du- 
ties specified in this Constitution, perform such oth- 
ers as the Grand Lodge may enjoin. 

§ 15. Any Past Grand in good standing in his Sub- 
ordinate Lodge, having received the Grand-Lodge De- 
gree, shall be eligible for any Grand Office except for 
Grand Representative, for which he shall not be eli- 
gible unless he has attained the P.P. Degree; and no 
brother shall be eligible to hold two elective offices at 
the same time, except the Grand Chaplain. 

§ 16. Candidates for offices may be nominated at 
-any time previous to the election taking place ; and 
no" vote shall be valid, or recorded as a part of the 
poll, unless it be for a previously-nominated candi- 
date. 

§ 17. All elective Grand Officers shall be chosen sep- 
arately, by a majority of the valid votes given : in case 
no candidate have such a majority, the balloting shall 
be continued until one of them obtain it, but the can- 
didate having the lowest number of votes shall be 
withdrawn from the nomination at each succeeding 
ballot. In the event of a tie, when there are but two 



270 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

candidates for the same office, for two successive bal- 
lotings, the election shall be decided by lot. 

§ 18. The Grand Officers may be installed at any 
time during the session that the Grand Lodge may 
determine. The Grand Master, or any Past Grand 
Master, or the senior member present, shall install 
the Grand Master-elect, who may install the other 
Grand Officers ; and all Grand Officers shall be in- 
stalled to serve until the next annual election and the 
installation of their successors. 

§ 19. Any Grand Officer may be removed from his • 
office for conduct unworthy of his standing in the 
Order, or for inattention to the duties of his office. 
He shall be entitled to a fair trial, and two-thirds of 
the votes of the members present is necessary to re- 
moval; but no officer shall officiate in the Grand 
Lodge during the time occupied in his trial. 

\ 20. All vacancies occurring by death, resignation 
or otherwise, during the recess, shall be filled by the 
Grand Master, ad interim, and at the first regular sess- 
ion of the Grand Lodge thereafter an election shall 
be held in the usual way to supply the vacancy. 

ARTICLE V.— Standing Committers. 
§ 1. The Most Worthy Grand Master shall, at the 
annual session, immediately after the installation of 
officers, appoint standing committees to serve one 
year, as follows, viz : 

1. Committee on Credentials. 

2. Committee on Returns. 

3. Committee on the State of the Order. 

4. Committee on Finance. 

5. Judiciary Committee. 

6. Committee on Appeals. 

7. Committee on Printing. 

8. Committee on Mileage and Per Diem. 

9. Legislative Committee. 

10. Committee on Rebekah Degree. 

In the order of business, reports of these commit- 
tees shall be called and have priority in the order in 
Which they are named above. 

§ 2. The Committee on Credentials, consisting of 



APPENDIX I. — CONSTITUTION OF G.L. 271 

three members, shall examine and report, without 
delay, on the credentials of Past Grands and Repre- 
sentatives. 

\ 3. The Committee on Returns, consisting of 
three members, shall examine all returns and reports 
from Subordinate and Degree Lodges, and report 
thereon. 

# 4. The Committee on the State of the Order, con- 
sisting of three members, shall examine and report 
upon the reports of the M.W. Grand Master and the 
R.W. Grand Secretary, so far as the same relate to 
the state of the Order, and upon the reports of the 
Deputies of the M.W. Grand Master, and upon such 
other matters as maybe referred to them; present- 
ing in their reports an exhibit of the condition and 
progress of the Order in this jurisdiction, and recom- 
mending such measures for the good of the Order as 
they shall think proper. They shall also examine 
and' report upon applications for charters. 

I 5. The Committee on Finance, consisting of three 
members, shall examine and report on all accounts 
and claims against the Grand Lodge, previous to their 
being passed for payment; they shall examine and 
audit annually the accounts of the Grand Secretary 
and Grand Treasurer, and also the accounts of all of- 
ficers and committees intrusted with the receipt and 
disbursement of the funds of the Grand Lodge. 
They shall make full reports of all their proceedings, 
and suggest such measures of finance as they may 
deem expedient. 

\ 6. The Judiciary Committee, consisting of five 
members, shall investigate and report on all appeals 
wherein mere questions of law are raised or required 
to be decided upon, which may be legally brought 
before them. They shall examine the By-Laws of 
subordinates, amending them to conform to the laws 
of the Order in this jurisdiction. 

$ 7. The Committee on Appeals, consisting of five 
members, shall investigate and determine all appeals 
and grievances from Lodges or members of Lodges, 
legally brought before them, except appeals from de- 
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may be only necessary to determine questions of 
law. 

# 8. The Committee on Printing, consisting of three 
members, shall superintend all printing which may 
be ordered, and shall have authority to contract for 
the same. 

$ 9. The Committee on Mileage and Per Diem shall 
carefully ascertain the number of miles necessarily 
traveled by each officer and representative member 
of this Grand Lodge, by the nearest traveled route, 
and the number of days of attendance of the same ; 
and shall report the amount due to each under the 
laws of this Grand Lodge. 

\ 10. The Legislative Committee shall consist of 
five members, and shall consider and report upon all 
proceedings and matters concerning the amending or 
repealing of laws, and such other matters as may be 
referred to it. 

1 11. The Committee upon llebekah Degree shall 
consist of three members, and shall consider and re- 
port upon all matters relating to the Rebekah Degree 
and Rebekah-Degree Lodges that may be referred 
to it. 

ARTICLE VI— Sessions. 

$ 1. The Grand Lodge shall hold one session in each 
year, viz., on the second Tuesday in the month of 
October, which shall be styled the 'annual session', 
and shall hold 'special sessions' at the call of the 
Grand Master; during either of which it shall ad- 
journ from time to time, until the business of the 
session is disposed of; and the regular sessions shall 
be held at such place as a majority of the members of 
the Grand Lodge present at any .session shall from 
time to time determine; and the special sessions 
shall be held at such place as the Grand Master may 
appoint (if the session be called by him), or at such 
place as may be designated by the Grand Lodge, if the 
session be called by resolution of the Grand Lodge. 

£ 2. At the annual sessions the subordinates shall 
have their reports, returns and sums due presented, 
as required by these articles; new members shall be 



APPENDIX I. — CONSTITUTION OF G.L. 273 

admitted to their seats ; the Grand Officers be elected, 
and all manner of business within the power of the 
Grand Lodge be transacted. 

§ 3. At special sessions no business shall be trans- 
acted except that for which the session is called, 
which shall be distinctly stated in the notice to 
Lodges, and conferring degrees. 

$ 4. A representation consisting of not less than 
twenty members shall be necessary to constitute a 
quorum at all meetings of the Grand Lodge. 

§ 5. The Grand Lodge shall be opened in the Grand- 
Lodge Degree at all times when engaged in any busi- 
ness of the Order except the installing of the Grand 
Officers, when, by resolution, it may be opened in 
the Scarlet Degree, during that ceremony, to admit 
brothers of that degree. 

$ 6. All questions in the Grand Lodge shall be de- 
cided by a majority of the members present, unless 
the vote by Lodges "be required. The vote by Lodges, 
on any question, may be required by any two Lodges. 
The yeas and nays on all questions shall be recorded, 
whenever called for by any five members present; 
however, in all cases where the vote by Lodges is 
taken, the yeas and nays shall always be recorded. 

ARTICLE VII.— Subordinates. 

£ 1. On the written application of five or more 
brothers of the Order, in good standing, praying for a 
charter to open a new Lodge at a place where there is 
no Lodge established,, or on the application of ten or 
more brothers, five of whom shall be of the Scarlet 
Degree, for a charter to open a new Lodge where there 
is one or more already established, the Grand Lodge 
may grant the same; and such Lodge shall receive its 
charter and the necessary charges and instructions 
from the Grand Master, or a Past Grand specially 
deputed, whose actual expenses, if any, shall be borne 
by the Lodge so opened. 

§ 2. All petitions for charters must be accompanied 
by the permanent cards of the applicants and charter 
fee — thirty dollars. 

I 3. At the end of each term, all Lodges shall report 
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to the Grand Lodge the names of those initiated, 
admitted by card, rejected, withdrawn, suspended or 
expelled (and the cause thereof), reinstated, and 
deceased; together with the number of degrees con- 
ferred, the whole number in membership, the amount f 
of receipts, and the result of the election of officers, 
accompanied by whatever amount may be due the 
Grand Lodge. 

§ 4. At the annual session each Lodge shall report, 
in addition, up to the first day of July, annually, a 
full return of the number of members, ranked accord- 
ing to degrees taken, and a statment of the number 
of brothers who have received benefits or donations, 
specifying the several amounts so applied, widowed 
families relieved, and brothers buried, and the 
.amount of moneys applied to each of these purposes, 
designating the amount paid for educating orphans. 

[A proposition to amend by putting January for July is pend- 
ing for action at the session of 1872.— Jour. V, 62.] 

# 5. No Lodge shall admit a proposition for or 
initiate any person unless he is twenty-one years of 
age. 

\ 6. Every Subordinate Lodge in this state shall 
pay to this Grand Lodge, with each report, such capi- 
tation tax as may from year to year, or by the By- 
Laws of this Grand Lodge, be determined upon. 
ARTICLE VIII.— Amendments. 

§ 1. This Constitution shall be altered or amended 
only by a proposition therefor in writing at a regular 
annual communication, which proposition shall be 
entered upon the Journal, and shall not be acted 
upon until the next annual communication of this 
Grand Body, at which time such alterations or 
amendments may be considered, and if agreed to by 
a two-thirds vote of the Representatives present shall 
be adopted. 



APPENDIX I. — BY-LAWS OF G.L. 275 



II.— BY-LAWS OF THE G.L. ILL. 

ARTICLE I.— Meetings. 

\ 1. This Grand Lodge shall, at each annual session, 
determine at what place its next session shall be held. 
It shall convene at 10 o'clock, and adjourn fronxtinie 
to time until the business of the session is completed, 
unless otherwise ordered, specially, by a vote of the 
Grand Lodge. 

§ 2. In the absence of the Grand Master and Deputy 
Grand Master, the chair maybe taken, pro tern., by 
any member of the Grand Lodge who may be called 
to it by a majority of the members present. 

$ 3. The meetings of the Grand Lodge shall be 
opened with prayer, if the Worthy Grand Chaplain be 
present. 

ARTICLE II.— Subordinates. 

£ 1. Should any Subordinate Lodge fail to hold its 
meetings for six months, or to make its returns as re- 
quired by the Constitution for one year, it shall be 
deemed an extinct Lodge, and its charter forfeited. * 
It shall be the duty of subordinates to make out their 
returns previous to installation. 

§ 2. In all cases where a Lodge shall have been sus- 
pended or expelled, or its charter shall have been for- 
feited, the charter, funds, books, properties, and ef- 
fects of all kinds, shall revert to the Grand Lodge, 
and it shall be the duty of the last-installed officers 
of sUch Lodge to deliver immediately to the Grand 
Master, or the brother deputed by him to receive 
them, such funds^md other effects as the Lodge may 
have claim to. 

§ 3. Members of a defunct Lodge, who were in good 
standing at the time of its dissolution, as may appear 
by the records of such Lodge, or who may have paid 
all arrearages then due to the Grand Lodge, shall, up- 
on application to the Grand Secretary, receive a cer- 
tificate, under the seal of the Grand Lodge, which 
shall entitle them to the same privileges as a with- 
drawal card, and for the same time, to enable them 
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276 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

another Lodge: provided, that no such certificate shall 
be given to a member of a suspended or expelled 
Lodge, unless ordered by special vote of the Grand 
Lodge. 

\ 4. Any Lodge or brother who shall be concerned 
in organizing, or who shall give countenance or sup- 
port, or who shall knowingly visit, any Lodge in the 
State of Illinois, purporting to be Odd-Fellows, and 
not possessing a legal, unreclaimed and valid charter, 
duly granted and presented or confirmed by this 
Grand Lodge, shall be deemed unworthy of fellow- 
ship; and such brother, upon satisfactory proof, shall 
be suspended or expelled, at the option of the Lodge 
of which he is a member; and any brother so sus- 
pended or expelled shall not be reinstated unless the 
Grand Lodge assents thereto. Nor shall any person 
who has been in membership in any spurious or ille- 
gal Lodge be received into any regular Lodge with- 
out the consent of the Grand Lodge. 

2 5. All Subordinate Lodges shall punish their 
members who may be guilty of immoral conduct; and 
after charges have been preferred for immoral con- 
duct, and sustained, they shall award such punish- 
ment as is provided therefor in their constitution and 
by-laws, and the rules and usages of the Order demand ; 
in default of which, the subordinate neglecting or re- 
fusing to award punishment shall be liable to for- 
feit its charter. 

§ 6. Every Subordinate Lodge shall have a suitable 
seal (a proof-impression of which shall be deposited 
with the Grand Secretary), and alLits official commu- 
nications shall be sealed therewith; 

\ 7. No Lodge shall have a public procession with- 
out the permission of the Grand Lodge, Grand Mas- 
ter, or D.G. Master for the Lodge, unless to attend 
the funeral of a brother. 

\ 8. The following shall be the form of a certificate 
of a Representative to this Grand Lodge. 

Lodge, No , I.O.O.F. 

To the R. W. Grand Lodge 1. 0. 0.F. of the State of Illinois. 
This is to certify that Past Grand has 



APPENDIX I. — BY-LAWS OP G.L. 27T 

been duly elected Representative of this Lodge in your Right 
"Worthv Body for two years. 

In Testimony whereof, we hereunto affix our hands and 

[l.s] the seal of our Lodge, this day of 

18 

, N.Q. 

Attest , Secretary. 

1 9. Clause 4. The Representatives to this Grand' 
Lodge shall be elected and hold office for two years:, 
one half of them being chosen each year. 

Clause 2. Each Subordinate Lodge shall, at the reg- 
ular election of officers in June, biennially, from 
among the qualified Past Grands in membership in 
the Lodge, elect by ballot, and in the same manner 
as prescribed for the election of officers, one Repre- 
sentative to this Grand Lodge. 

Clause 3. Immediately after the election of Repre- 
sentative, each Lodge, by its officers, shall execute 
the proper certificate, as set forth in the preceding- 
section, in duplicate; one copy of which shall be for- 
warded without delay, by mail, directed to the Grand 
Secretary; the other copy shall be delivered to the- 
Representative-elect. 

Clause 4. When a vacancy arises in the representa- 
tion of a Lodge, from any cause, the Lodge may, in 
its discretion, fill the same; but the election for fill- 
ing such vacancy shall not take place until the next 
regular meeting after the decision to fill the vacancy 
has been made : provided, how T ever, that when, on ac- 
count of such delay of one week, there will not be 
sufficient or reasonable time allowed to the Repre- 
sentative-elect to prepare to attend the next ensuing 
session of the Grand Lodge and to travel thereto, the 
Lodge may fill the vacancy forthwith. 

£ 10. The Representatives shall by lot be divided as 
equally as may be into two classes — those of the first 
class to remain in office but one year, and those of 
the second class for two years. The Lodges subse- 
quently instituted shall be' alternately ranked in the 
first and second classes ; and the Grand Secretary shall ' 
each year notify such Lodges as need new elections of 
such facts. 

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278 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

ion of that year. The result is that all Lodges whose number is 
even (as Alton, No. 2 ; Illini, No. 4 ; Sangamon, No. 6 : etc ) elect 
in the even-numbered years, 1870, 1872, 1874, etc., and the odd- 
numbered Lodges (Western Star, No. 1 ; Clark, No. a; Wildey, 
No. 5, etc.) elect in the odd-numbered years, 1871, 1873, 1875, etc.] 

$ 11. Any member of the Order who shall have 
painted upon his sign any of the emblems of the Or- 
der, or otherwise exhibit them on the same, or have 
them printed or engraved upon his business card, 
or expose them in any public place as a sign, shall 
(after the Lodge of which he is a member gives him 
immediate notice, and if persisted in) be suspended 
or expelled, agreeably to a vote of the Lodge. 

£ 12. No Lodge-room of any Subordinate Lodge un- 
der the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge shall be es- 
tablished, and no meetings of any Lodge shall be 
holden, in a tavern or hotel, under penalty of forfeit- 
ure of their charter, without express permission by 
this Grand Lodge or the Grand Master alone. 

£ 13. No Subordinate Lodge in this state shall ad- 
mit to membership, by initiation or deposit of card, 
persons residing nearer another Lodge, without the 
consent, under seal, of such Lodge first obtained, ex- 
cept in cities or towns where there may be more than 
one Lodge, under penalty of the forfeiture of the in- 
itiation or admission fee, as the case may be, to such 
nearer Lodge. 



III.— RULES OF ORDER, G.L. OF ILL. 

L— Order or Business. 

1. After a quorum of opening shall be ascertained 
to be present, the following shall be the order of busi- 
ness, viz: 

First. — The Grand Master shall request the brethren 
to clothe themselves in proper regalia, and direct the 
officers and members to take their respective stations, 
and shall then call up the Grand Lodge. 

Second. — While standing, the Grand Chaplain shall 
address the Supreme Ruler of the Universe in prayer. 

Third. — Proclamation shall be made by the Grand 
Marshal of the opening of the Grand Lodge. 

Fourth. — The minuses of the last session read, and, 



APPEXDIX I. — PULES OF ORDER OF G.L. 279 

if no objection he made to any part thereof, they 
shall stand approved without vote. 

Fifth. — The Committee on Credentials shall report 
on the eligibility of members. 

Sixth. — New members admitted and instructed. 

Seventh. — Petitions read and referred. 

Eighth, — Communications read. 

Ninth. — Financial accounts read and referred. 

Tenth — Appeals read and referred. 

Eleventh. — Eeports of the Standing Committees, in 
the following order: 

1. Committee on Eeturns. 

2. Committee on the State of the Order. 

3. Committee on Finance. 

4. Judiciary Committee. 

5. Committee on Appeals. 

6. Committee on Printing. 

7. Committee on Mileage and Per Diem. 

8. Legislative Committee. 

9. Committee on Rebekah Degree. 

Twelfth. — Reports of Special Committees, by senior- 
ity, submitted. 

Thirteenth. — Unfinished business acted upon by pri- 
ority. 

Fourteenth. — New business. 

2. The reports of the Committee on Credentials are 
privileged to take priority to all other business, un- 
til disposed of ; but the reports of all other commit- 
tees, after having been submitted, will take their 
place in order among the unfinished business. 

3. The order of business, as here- arranged, may at 
any time, for an occasion, be changed or dispensed 
with, by a special two-thirds vote of the Grand 
Lodge. 

II. — Of Decorum. 

1. During the continuance of the meeting, the 
most decorous silence must be observed: the officers 
and members retaining their respective seats, and no 
one leaving the room without the permission of the 
M.W. Grand Master, nor entering without the con- 
sent of the R.W. Grand Warden. 



280 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

2. No member shall speak to another, or otherwise 
interrupt the business of the Grand Lodge, or refuse 
to obey the Chair. 

3. Every officer and member shall be designated in 
debate, or otherwise, by his proper office or title, ac- 
cording to his standing in the Order. 

4. No member shall be permitted to vote or speak 
unless clothed in regalia appropriate to his rank and 
station. 

III. — Of the Chair. 
1. The Grand Master, while presiding, shall state 
every question coming before the Grand Lodge, and 
immediately before putting it to vote shall ask: "i» 
the Grand Lodge ready for the question?" Should no 
member rise to speak, and a majority indicate their 
readiness, he shall rise to take the question; and aft- 
er he has risen, no member shall be permitted to 
speak upon it. He shall pronounce the votes and de- 
cisions of the Grand Lodge on all subjects. His de- 
cisions on questions of order shall be without debate, 
unless, entertaining doubts on the point, he invite it; 
and he shall have the privilege of speaking only on 
such questions from the chair. When his decision 
has been appealed from, the question shall be put 
thus: " Will the Grand Lodge stand by the Chair in its 
decision?" 

IV. — Or Debate. 

1. Every member, when he speaks or offers a mo- 
tion, shall be standing, and shall respectfully address 
the Chair, and when he has finished, shall sit down. 
While speaking, he shall confine himself to the quest- 
ion, avoiding all personality and indecorous language, 
as well as any reflection upon the Grand Lodge or its 
members. 

2. Should two or more members rise to speak at the 
same time, the Chair shall decide which shall be 
entitled to the floor. 

3. No member shall disturb another in his speech, 
unless to call him to order for words spoken. 

4. If a member, while speaking, shall be called to- 
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APPENDIX I. — RULES OF OEDEE OF G.L. 281 

ins and take his seat until the question of order is 
determined, when, if permitted, he may again pro- 
ceed. 

5. No member shall speak more than once on the 
same question until all the members wishing to speak 
shall have had an opportunity to do so, nor more 
than twice without permission from the Chair; but 
no member shall have the privilege of speaking more 
than once on a question of order after appeal from 
the decision of the Chair. 

V.— Of Questions and Votes. 

1. When any communication, petition or memorial 
is presented, before it is read, or any vote taken on it, 
a brief statement of its contents shall be made by the 
introducer or the Chair; and after it has been read, a 
brief notice of the purport shall be entered on the 
journal. 

2. No motion shall be subject to action until stated 
by the Chair, and at the desire of any member shall 
be reduced to writing. 

3. When a blank is to be filled, the question shall 
be taken first upon the highest sum or number, and 
the longest or latest time proposed. 

4. Any member may call for a division of a question 
when the sense will admit of it. 

5. When a question is before the Grand Lodge, no 
motion shall be received unless to adjourn, the previous 
question, to lay on tlie table, to postpone indefinitely, to 
postpone to a certain time, to refer, or to amend, and shall 
have precedence in the order herein arranged ; the 
first three of which shall be decided without debate. 

[See ? 84 of. this Digest. The rule of the G.L.U.S. agrees with 
Cushing on this point.] 

6. After any question, except one of indefinite post- 
ponement, has been decided, any two members who 
voted in the majority may, at the same or next suc- 
ceeding meeting, move for a reconsideration thereof. 

7. The previous question can be called for by two 
members, if seconded by a majority, and shall be put 
in this form: " Shall the main question be now putV 
If carried, the question shall first be taken upon pend- 
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282 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

8. All questions of order not fixed by these rules 
shall be decided by parliamentary practice. 
VI.— Or Committees' Reports. 

1. Ever}' - report of a committee shall be addressed 
to the Grand Lodge by its appropriate style and title 
(omitting, if seen fit, the words 'of the Independent 
Order of Odd-Fellows'), and shall be signed by all the 
members of the committee who concur in the report; 
and the printed Journal shall show all the names of 
signers to reports. 

2. A report of the minority of a committee shall 
not be received or entertained until after that of the 
majority shall have been presented and accepted. 

3. No report of a committee shall be considered at 
the same 'meeting' of the session at which it may 
have been presented unless by 'general consent', or, 
upon vote taken, two-thirds of the members voting 
agree to consider the report at time of presentation. 

VII.— Amendments, etc., to Rules. 
These Rules may be amended, altered, or rescinded, 
only after a proposition therefor has been offered at 
least one day previous to action thereon. 



APPENDIX II. 

I— Constitution of Subordinate Lodges in Illinois. 

PREAMBLE. 

For the purpose of effecting as much uniformity as 
possible in the administration of the privileges. 
honors and benefits of the Order within this juris- 
diction, the Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois 
(the supreme tribunal of Odd-Fellowship within its 
limits, without whose sanction and control no Lodge 
can exist) ordains the following articles as the Con- 
stitution of Subordinate Lodges. 

ARTICLE I.— Title, etc. 
This Lodge shall be constituted by at least five 
members, including one qualified to preside at its 

meetings, and shall be hailed and entitled 

Lodge, Xo I.O.O.F., of the State of Illinois, and 

shall possess the full powers and privileges of a Sub- 
ordinate Lodge holding a legal, unreclaimed and val- 
id charter, duly granted and formally presented by 
the Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois. 
ARTICLE II.— Oe Membership. 
£ 1. The candidate shall be a believer in a Su- 
preme Being, Creator, Preserver and Governor of all 
things. He shall not be under twenty-one years of 
age. He shall be a white male person, of good moral 
character and industrious habits, having some re- 
spectable known means of support, and exempt from 
all infirmities which may prevent his gaining a live- 
lihood. 

§ 2. The name of a person offered for initiation 
must be proposed by a member, in writing, at a reg- 
ular meeting, stating his age, residence, and business, 
with good reference, which must be entered upon the 
record, and the subject referred to the committee for 
investigation, who shall report in writing at the sue- 



284 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLO>VS' DIGEST. 

ceeding regular meeting, when the candidate may be 
balloted for, with ball ballots; and if not more than 
two black bal Is appear against him, he shall he elected : 
but if three or more appear, he shall be rejected, and 
so declared. Xo proposition shall be withdrawn with- 
out consent of the Lodge. 

g 3. A brother of the Order wishing to become a 
member shall present his card from the Lodge of 
which he was formerly a member, which shall he re- 
ferred to the committee of investigation, and in other- 
respects disposed of as provided by section two for 
other applicants; and, on being admitted, shall pay a 
sum of not less than two dollars if of the Scarlet De- 
gree, or if of a lower grade not less than one dollar. 
A brother applying for admission on a dismissal cer- 
tificate must be proposed in the same manner as oth- 
er applicants, and the application shall be referred to 
a committee as prescribed in section two of this arti- 
cle; and he shallpay a sum not less than the fee re- 
quired for initiation. 

g 4. An Ancient Odd-Fellow, whose card is out of 
date, or which may have been lost, can be admitted 
by referring his application to the investigating com- 
mittee, and disposing of it in other respects as is pro- 
vided for other applicants in the foregoing sections, 
and on "his paying into the Lodge fund a sum of not 
less than five dollars. 

£5. When a candidate has been rejected, notice 
thereof shall be sent, without delay, to all the Lodges 
in the same place; and no person rejected shall again 
be balloted for in any Lodge for the space of six 
months. 

2 6. Xo person shall be initiated in this Lodge who 
lives in the immediate vicinity of another Lodge. 
ARTICLE III- Officers. 

\ 1. The elective officers of the Lodge shall consist 
of a N.G-., V.G., Secretary, and Treasurer, who shall 
serve a regular term each; however, when deemed 
necessary, the Lodge may elect a Permanent Secre- 
tary in addition, to serve twelve month-. 

\ 2. The appointed officers shall consist of a A\ 



APPENDIX II. — CONST. OF SUBORDINATES. 285 

I.G., O.G., R.8.X.G., L.S.N.GK, R.S.V.G., L.S.V.G., 
and R. and L.S.S., who shall serve a regular term 
each; and the N.G. may appoint, at his option, a 
Cnaplain for a similar term. 

§ 3. It shall be the duty of the N.G. to preside in 
the Lodge, and enforce a due observance of the Con- 
stitution and laws, and a proper respect for the au- 
thority of the Grand Lodge of the State, of Illinois ; 
see that all the officers of the Lodge and Imembers of 
committees perform their respective duties, as en- 
joined by the several charges and the constitution 
and by-laws; to appoint all officers and a majority of 
•all committees not otherwise provided for; to give 
the casting-vote, only, on all matters or questions be- 
fore the Lodge, excex->t in the election of officers, 
when he shall be entitled to vote. He shall inspect 
and announce the result of all ballotings or other 
votes by the Lodge ; have charge of the charter, which 
he must always have in the Lodge while in session; 
draw upon the Treasurer for all sums that have been 
voted by the Lodge, or that may be necessary to pay 
the benefits provided for by the by-laws; convene 
special meetings, and perform such other duties as 
appertain to his office. He shall not make or second 
any motion, neither shall he take part in any debate 
while in the chair. 

# 4. The V.G. shall assist the N.G. in presiding in 
the Lodge. He shall appoint his own supporters, and 
a minority of all committees not otherwise provided 
for, and have special charge of the door, under the 
N.G. In case of the absence of the N.G. he shall pre- 
side, and perform all other duties required by the 
■charges and usage of the Order. 

§ 5. The Secretary shall keep an accurate record of 
the proceedings of the Lodge. He shall write all com- 
munications, fill up all certificates and cards granted 
by the Lodge; issue all summonses or notices re- 
quired; attest to all moneys ordered paid at regular 
meetings, and none other. He shall make out at the 
end of his term, for the Grand Lodge, a full report of 
the Lodge during the term, and perform such other 
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286 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

of him by the Lodge and his charge, and have his 
books written up for the Finance Committee within 
twenty-four hours after the last meeting in each term ; 
and deliver up to his successor all books, papers or 
other properties belonging to his office; perform the 
duties hereinafter prescribed for Permanent Secre- 
tary, if none be chosen by the Lodge, and be exempt 
from all dues. 

\ 6. The Permanent Secretary shall be elected an- 
nually, and it shall be his duty to keep just and true 
accounts between the Lodge and its members; enter 
the charges as they become due, credit the amounts 
as paid, giving his receipt to the Recording Secretary 
for all moneys he may receive from him, and paying 
over to the Treasurer all sums in his hands immedi- 
ately, taking his receipt for the same. He shall, at 
the close of each term, notify all members who are in 
arrears for thirteen weeks' dues of the amount due 
by them to the Lodge : and also make out for the 
Lodge a statement of all moneys received and paid to 
the Treasurer; have his books written up for the Fi- 
nance Committee within twenty-four hours after the 
last meeting in each term, and deliver up to his suc- 
cessor, at the end of his official term, all books, pa- 
pers, etc., appertaining to his office, in his possession, 
and be exempt from all dues. 

\ 7. The Treasurer, prior to his installation in of- 
fice, shall give a joint and several bond to the Trus- 
tees of the Lodge, with two sureties to be approved by 
the Lodge, with such penalties and conditions as 
from time to time may be prescribed by the Lodge. 
His duties shall be to keep the funds of the Lodge; 
to pay all orders drawn on him by the X.G., and if not 
for benefits provided for by these laws, attested by the 
Secretary, and none others; to keep a full and cor- 
rect account of all moneys expended ; to give the 
Lodge a monthly statement of its funds; to furnish 
the Lodge, at the last meeting in the term, with a full 
report of the receipts and disbursements of the term, 
with vouchers; and to have his books written up for 
the Finance Committee within twenty-four hours af- 
ter the last meeting in the term; and to deliver up,. 



APPENDIX II. — COXST. OF SUBOKDIXATES. 287 

when legally called upon, -all moneys, bonds, papers, 
books, etc., belonging to the Lodge, to his successor 
in office, or to whojn the Lodge may especially ap- 
point. 

I 8. It shall be the duty of the Junior P.G. of this 
Lodge to act in the capacity of P.G., and to deliver 
the charge of that office to' candidates, and perform 
all other duties appertaining to the office. Any P.G. 
may act as N.G. or V.G., when called thereto, and do 
all the duties of the same. 

£ 9. All other officers shall perform such duties as 
are prescribed for them by the regulations" and 
charges of their offices, and the by-laws of the Lodge. 
ABTTCLE IV — Elections, etc. 

£ 1. No brother shall be eligible to the chair of the 
N.G. unless he has served a regular term as V.G., nor 
shall any brother be eligible as Y.G. unless he has 
served one semi-annual term (twenty-six nights) in 
some inferior office. 

§ 2. All elective officers and the W. and O.G., shall 
have attained to the Scarlet Degree previous to in- 
stallation. 

§ 3. Nominations for elective officers may be made 
on the two meetings immediately preceding that of 
the election, and at any time on the night of the elec- 
tion, previous to the election being gone into. 

§ 4. Officers shall be elected at the last regular meet- 
ing in each term, and shall be installed at the first 
meeting in the succeeding one ; the election shall be 
by ballot, except in cases w T here there is but one 
candidate for an office, when the election may be by 
acclamation. 

§ 5. Any officer absenting himself for more than 
three successive meetings, his seat may be declared 
vacant by a vote of the Lodge. And all vacancies 
shall be filled in the manner of the former selection, 
to serve the residue of the term ; and the officers so 
serving shall be entitled to the full honors of the 
office. 

ABTICLE V.— Dues and Benefits. 

\ 1. No person shall be initiated in the Lodge for a 
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I 2. No degree shall be conferred for a less sum than 
two dollars. 

\ 3. The regular contributions to the Lodge fund 
shall not be at a less rate than six and one-fourth 
cents per week., to be determined by the by-laws. 

#4. The Lodge may, by by-laws, require such fur- 
ther contributions, for an education fund, a widows- 
and-orphans' fund, and funeral benefits, or either or 
all of them, as the Lodge shall determine. 

§5. Every bona fide member, who shall be qualified 
as required by the by-laws, shall, in case of sickness 
or disability, be entitled to and receive from the funds 
of the Lodge such weekly benefits as may be fixed by 
law: provided, nevertheless, that the Lodge may pro- 
vide, in its by-laws, for the payment of only half the 
regular benefits to any brother who is simply disabled 
from attending to business, and not confined to his 
room. 

\ 6. In case of the death of a brother entitled to 
benefits, there shall be allowed a sum not less than 
twenty dollars as a funeral benefit, to be disposed of 
as the Lodge may determine. 

ARTICLE VI.— Penalties and Trials. 

\ 1. Any member who shall violate any of the prin- 
ciples of the Order, or offend against these articles, or 
the by-laws, shall be subject to be fined, reprimanded, 
suspended, or expelled, as the by-laws may direct, 
usage require, or the Lodge determine. 

g.2. If any member of the Lodge shall violate any 
of the principles of the Order, or commit offense 
against these articles, or the by-laws, or the rules of 
the Order, it shall be the duty of any other member, 
who shall come to a knowledge of the same, immedi- 
ately to give notice of such violation or offense, in 
writing, to the X.G. The N.G. shall forthwith refer a 
copy of such written communication (concealing the 
name of the informant) to a special committee of 
three members; which committee shall proceed, 
without delay, to investigate the matter therein 
stated; and if, in their opinion, there is just ground 
therefor, they shall, as early as practicable, prefer a 



APPEXDIX II. — COXST. OF SUBORDIXATES. 289 

charge or charges against the member so accused, 
specifying therein the particular matter of offense 
with which he is charged; and the committee shall 
have charge of the prosecution on the part of the 
Lodge. 

§ 3. Whenever a charge or charges are preferred 
against a member, they shall be read in open Lodge, 
•at the next stated meeting thereafter; and the Secre- 
tary shall immediately furnish a copy thereof, under 
the seal of the Lodge, to the member so accused, and 
at the same time cite said member to appear before the 
Lodge at the second stated meeting thereafter, to an- 
swer thereto; at which said meeting an investigation 
or trial shall be had, unless then postponed to some 
future meeting. It shall also be the duty of the Secre- 
tarj T , upon receiving from the committee a list of the 
names of the witnesses required to sustain the com- 
plaint, to cite them to appear before the Lodge, as . 
also those who may be required by the accused, to 
give testimony at the time of trial, provided said 
witnesses be members of the Order; but if such wit- 
nesses are not members of the Order, the X.G. shall 
appoint one or more members having the Scarlet De- 
gree as a committee, whose duty it shall be to take 
the testimony of such witnesses, and return the same, 
in writing, to the jST.G. or Secretary by the evening- 
set for trial; the accused member being first notified 
of the time and place of taking such testimony. 

\ 4. The Lodge, at said second stated meeting, or at 
such other time as may be fixed, shall proceed with 
the investigation or trial of the case, and, after a full 
. hearing of all testimony and the defense of the ac- 
cused member, shall proceed to vote upon the charge 
or charges preferred ; but no member shall be entitled 
to vote unless he were present during the whole of the 
trial. If they be sustained, in whole or in part, by a 
vote of two thirds of the members voting, the accused 
shall retire to the ante-room. The Secretary shall 
then read to the Lodge the charge or charges or parts 
thereof that have been sustained, when the X.G., 
without motion, shall proceed to put to vote the high- 
est order of punishment — expulsion; *and if that be 
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290 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

not agreed to, he .shall put the next — suspension ; and 
shall so proceed until some order of punishment is 
agreed to by a vote of two thirds of the members 
present. 

\ 5. Whenever the Lodge shall determine upon sus- 
pension, a motion may be made to fix the time, and 
two amendments may be offered thereto, which shall 
be decided without debate. The N.G., shall put them 
to vote, commencing with tbe longest period of time 
therein named; and if all of them be rejected, a 
second motion may be made, and two amendments 
permitted thereto, which shall be put to vote in like 
manner; and the Lodge shall so proceed until some 
period for suspension is agreed to. But suspension 
of membership shall iwork no suspension of dues and 
arrearages, but they shall run on during the time of 
suspension. If the Lodge shall decide to punish by 
fine, the same course shall be adopted in determining 
the amount thereof as is above provided in fixing the 
time of suspension; and in either case, of fixing the 
time of suspension or amount of fine, the majority of 
the members present shall decide the period of time 
or amount. 

§ 6. If any such accused member shall evade the re- 
ceiving of a citation, or, after receiving the same, shall 
neglect or refuse to attend the Lodge at the time 
therein fixed, and there remain throughout the in- 
vestigation or trial of his case, the Lodge may proceed 
in his absence to expel him for contempt: provided 
that, if such absence should have been produced by 
unavoidable circumstances, or injustice be otherwise 
done thereby, the accused shall be entitled to a re- 
hearing of his case; and he shall at all stages of the 
proceedings have every opportunity afforded him to 
vindicate himself against the accusation. 

\ 7. Any member feeling aggrieved by the decision 
of the Lodge against him shall be entitled to an ap- 
peal to the Grand Lodge, which appeal must be en- 
tered according to the laws and regulations of the 
Grand Lodge on the matter of appeals; and. on com- 
mand of the Grand Lodge, the brother may be tried 
anew for the same offense. 



APPENDIX II.— CONST. OF SUBORDINATES. 291 

§ 8. No person shall be suspended or expelled for 
non-payment of dues; but all persons becoming in 
arrears for dues and assesssments accruing during 
a period of twelve months shall be dropped from 
membership. Any person dropped from member- 
ship may, within one year after he is dropped, be re- 
instated upon payment of one year's dues, by vote of 
a majority of the members present at any regular 
meeting; and if his application be denied, he may 
ask a reconsideration of the same at any time within 
two months, and the Lodge shall grant such reconsid- 
eration; but thereafter the reconsideration shall be 
at their option. If a dropped person shall not apply 
for reinstatement until one year after he is dropped, 
reinstatement shall require the payment of not less 
than one year's dues and a two-thirds majority of the 
members present at a regular meeting, and the same 
regulations shall govern the matter of reconsidera- 
tion. But a dropped person may be reinstated at any 
time, upon payment of aril dues which had accrued 
prior to his being dropped and also of all dues which 
would have accrued against him up to the time of 
such payment. The provisions of this section re- 
specting the reinstatement of members dropped for 
non-payment shall apply to all persons heretofore sus- 
pended or expelled for non-payment. Provided, nev- 
ertheless, that no person who shall have been sus- 
pended, expelled or dropped for non-payment of 
clues, shall be reinstated except upon vote of a ma- 
jority of the members of the Lodge present, upon bal- 
lot had. 

£9. Any brother having been suspended or ex- 
pelled, notice thereof shall be sent to all the Lodges 
in the same place ; and a brother who has been le- 
gally expelled shall not be admitted to membership 
again without consent of the Grand Lodge. 

#10. If any member of the Lodge shall make to the 
N.G. any accusation against a brother, under section 
two of this article, which sball be proven to be un- 
founded, or false and malicious, it shall be the duty 
of the N.G. to deliver up the name of the informant 
to the Lodge, on demand of a majority of the mem- 



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bers thereof present, that he may be dealt with ac- 
cordingly. 

§ 11. The Lodge shall have a black-book, in which 
shall be entered the names of all persons rejected, 
suspended or expelled by this Lodge, or any other 
Lodge, of which they may have received due notice, 
with the date and cause of such suspension or expul- 
sion. 

§ 12. All votes taken under the provisions of this 
article shall be by ballot with balls. 

g 13. If three members of a Lodge in which charges 
may be preferred against a member are of opinion 
that the accused will not receive an impartial trial at 
the hands of the Lodge, and present such opinion in 
writing, then, when the register of evidence is re- 
ported by the committee, the trial shall be removed 
to the nearest convenient Lodge, a transcript of all 
letters relating thereto being sent with the original 
papers of the case; and such Lodge shall proceed to 
the hearing, scrutiny and decision as if the accusation 
had been first therein preferred. 

£ 14. When there are several Lodges in the immedi- 
ate vicinage, the majority shall direct to which the 
removal shall be made. 

§ 15. If any member of the Order residing near the 
removing Lodge, who can not attend the trial after 
the removal, be summoned as a witness on either 
side, his testimony may be taken in the manner 
above provided respecting the testimony of persons 
not members of the Order, and may be made a part of 
the register of evidence ; and all oral evidence taken 
at the trial shall be reduced to writing and added 
to the register of evidence transferred by the remov- 
ing Lodge. 

1 16. Upon such removal, the prosecuting commit- 
tee, or some advocate appointed by the X.G. of the 
removing Lodge, may present the case, and the ac- 
cused may appear by himself or attorney, as if no 
such removal had taken place. 

1 17. Wlien the matter has been determined, a copy 
of the record of the proceedings had thereon, with 
the register of the evidence, shall be returned to the 



APPEXDIX II. — CONST. OF SUBORDIXATES. 293 

removing Lodge ; and the same shall be filed in its 
archives, and the judgment entered upon its records. 

§ 18. When the misconduct is confessed by the ac- 
cused brother, the Lodge to which such case is re- 
ferred may proceed to vote upon his punishment 
without the formula of a trial. 

^ 19. A n, appeal to the Grand Lodge may be had in 
case of a removed trial, as in other cases. 

ARTICLE VII.— Teems and Returns. 

§ 1. Regular quarterly terms shall commence on the 
first meetings in July, October, January, and April. 
Regular semi-annual terms shall commence on the 
first regular meetings in July and Jannary only, and 
regular annual terms on the first meeting in July. 

1 2. It shall be the duty of the last past officers to 
prepare and forward to the Grand Lodge, immediately, 
the result of the elections, and a regular report of the 
work of the term, including those initiated, admitted 
by card, suspended and expelled (and the cause there- 
of), rejected, withdrawn by card, reinstated, and de- 
ceased, together with the whole number of degrees 
conferred, the whole number in membership, the 
amount of receipts, and the result of the election of 
officers, accompanied by whatever amount may be 
due to the Grand Lodge. 

§ 3. This Lodge shall forfeit its charter if it fails to 
comply with the requisitions and laws of the Grand 
Lodge; and in such case it shall be the duty of the 
last past officers to comply with the provisions of the 
first and second sections of article two of the By-Laws 
of the Grand Lodge. 

ARTICLE VIII— Degrees. 

§ 1. Brothers who haA r e been, in membership one 
month shall be eligible for degrees, but not more 
than three degrees shall be conferred on a brother at 
the same meeting, unless the most urgent necessity 
be proven. 

I 2. No person shall be initiated, nor any member 
have any degrees conferred upon him, until he has 
paid the amount required therefor by the by-laws. 

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shall make known his wish to the Secretary, who, 
after having recgjved the proper fee therefor, shall, at 
the proper time, make application for the same in 
open Lodge, at a regular meeting thereof, giving 
name of applicant and degree or degrees applied for, 
which must be entered upon the records and the sub- 
ject referred to degree session; whereupon the Lodge 
shall, after having been closed in the Initiatory De- 
gree, be opened in the degree or degrees applied for, 
when the application or applications shall be balloted 
upon in the respective degrees; and such ballot shall 
be had in all things according to #2 of Article II of 
this constitution; but the conferring of the degrees 
may be done at special meetings called for that pur- 
pose. 

ARTICLE IX.— Nox-Bexeficial Members. 

§ 1. Any person who has been regularly initiated 
into the Order, and retained membership therein for 
at least ten consecutive years, and who may have lost 
his membership by resignation from the Order or 
expiration of withdrawal card — or who may have 
lost membership in another jurisdiction on account 
of non-payment of dues, and may be entitled to ad- 
mission in this jurisdiction under regulations of the 
Grand Lodge of the United States — and who may be 
over fifty years of age, may be admitted to member- 
ship in this Lodge as a non-beneficial member. 

\ 2. Such person must make application in writing, 
stating age, residence and occupation, and the same 
must be referred to a committee for investigation, 
and shall be disposed of by ballot, etc., in all respects 
as other applications for membership under Article II 
of this constitution; and if elected, such person shall 
pay an admission fee of not less than five dollars. 

| 3. Any person who may have been in membership 
in the Order for ten consecutive years, and thereafter 
have lost his standing in this Lodge by suspension, 
expulsion or dropping for non-payment of dues, and 
who may be over fifty years of age, may be reinstated 
in membership as a non-beneficial member. Such 
person must apply for reinstatement in writing, stat- 
ing age, residence and occupation, and the amount he 



APPENDIX II. — CONST. OF SUBORDINATES. 295 

is willing to pay on reinstatement, and the applica- 
tion must be referred to an investigating committee, 
and disposed of in the same manner as an application 
for membership by initiation ; and if the ballot result 
in favor of reinstatement, such person shall pay such 
sum as may have been offered by him, but not a less 
sum than five dollars. 

$ 4. Every person admitted or reinstated as a non- 
beneficial member shall be entitled to all the rights, 
privileges and advantages of membership except ben- 
efits, and shall be subject to penalties and disabilities 
as other members. And no benefits shall be allowed 
to any non-beneficial member, nor shall any pecun- 
iae relief be extended to such member from the 
funds of the Lodge except in case of extreme neces- 
sity and upon the recommendation of some com- 
mittee. 

ARTICLE X.— Amendments, etc. 

£ 1. When doubts arise of the true meaning of any 
■of these articles, it shall be determined by the N.G., 
his determination being subject to an appeal to the 
Lodge, and its determination being subject to an ap- 
peal to the Grand Lodge, whose decision shall be final 
in all cases. 

\ 2. These articles, or any part thereof, shall not be 
altered, amended, suspended, or annulled, except on 
motion made in the Grand Lodge, at a regular session. 

§ 3. This Lodge shall stand fully invested with 
power to adopt such by-laws and rules of order, from 
time to time, as may be deemed expedient, provided 
they do not in any wise contravene any of these arti- 
cles, the laws and Constitution of the Grand Lodge of 
Illinois and of the United States, or the principles of 
the Order; a copy of which shall be sent to the Grand 
Lodge for its approval at its next regular session. 



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II.— Rules of Order Appended to the Model Code. 

[Recommended, but not prescribed.] 

Rule 1. "When the presiding officer takes the chair, 

the officers and members shall take their respective 

seats; and at the sound of the gavel there shall be a 

general silence. 

2. The presiding officer shall preserve order and 
decorum, and pronounce the decision of the Lodge 
on all questions. He may speak on points of order 
in preference to other members, rising from his seat 
for that purpose. He shall decide all points of order 
without debate, unless he entertain doubts on the 
point, subject to an appeal to the Lodge by any two 
members, on which appeal no member shall speak 
more than once. 

3. No member shall speak to another, or otherwise- 
interrupt the business of the Lodge, while the min- 
utes are being read, or while any member is address- 
ing the Chair. 

4. No member shall disturb another while address- 
ing the Chair, unless to call him to order. Xo mem- 
ber shall rise from his seat while another member is. 
speaking, nor on any pretense whatever shall one 
pass between the speaking member and the presiding 
officer. 

5. Xo member shall speak on any question before 
the Lodge unless he rise from his seat and respect- 
fully address the Chair. A member speaking shall 
confine himself to the subject under debate, and shall 
use no personal, indecorous or sarcastic language, to 
reflect on the Lodge or its members: and when his 
speech shall have been concluded, he shall resume 
his seat. 

6. If two members, or more than two, rise at the 
same time to speak, the Chair shall decide which is 
entitled to the floor. 

7. Xo member shall speak more than once on the 
same subject unless all the members present wishing 
to speak shall have had an opportunity to do so, nor 
more than twice without permission from the Chair; 



APP. II. — PULES OF ORDER FOR SUBS. 297 

and no member while .speaking shall name another 
except by the appropriate title designating his rank 
in the Order. 

8. Whenever a member while speaking shall be 
called to order, he shall resume his seat until the 
question is settled and leave is given him to proceed. 

9. No motion shall be debated until the same is- 
seconded and put to the Lodge by the Chair; and all 
motions shall be reduced to writing on the request of 
any member. 

10. When a question is before the Lodge, no motion 
shall be in order except the motion to proceed with 
the regular order of business (or, if the order be fin- 
ished, to proceed to close); for the previous question ; 
to lay on the table; to postpone indefinitely; to post- 
pone to a certain time; to divide; to commit; or to 
amend; and these motions shall be privileged, and 
have precedence in the order in which they are made 
to succeed each other by this rule; and motions to 
proceed with the regular order, to proceed to close, 
for the previous question, and to lay on the table, 
shall be decided without debate. [See g 84 of the Di- 
gest,] 

11. The previous question shall not be. put unless 
it be called for by five members and sustained by a 
majority of the Lodge. It shall always be put in 
these words : "Shall the main question be now put? " 
and until it is decided, all amendments to the quest- 
ion and all debate shall be precluded. 

12. When a blank is to be filled, and different sums, 
numbers or times shall be proposed, the question 
shall be first put on the highest sum or number, |md 
on the longest and latest time. 

13. If any question be lost by the closing of the 
Lodge, and it be revived at a subsequent meeting, no 
member who shall have spoken thereon at the previ- 
ous meeting shall be entitled to speak again until all 
the members wishing to address the Chair shall have 
done so. Any member who may have spoken twice 
on the preceding occasion shall not again do so with- 
out permission from the Chair. 

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question when it can be divided; but a motion to 
.strike out and insert shall be indivisible, except at 
the option of the mover. 

15. If the reading of any paper be called for and it 
be objected to by any member, the question shall be 
determined by a vote of the Lodge without debate. 

16. Every member present shall vote on all quest- 
ions before the Lodge, unless the Lodge excuse him 
from so doing for special reasons. 

17. On a call for the yeas and nays h\ a majority of 
the Lodge, the name of each member voting shall be 
entered on the minutes. 

18. All communications to the Lodge shall be pre- 
sented by a member, and the Secretary shall enter a 
brief statement of their contents on the minutes. 

19. Previously to taking the vote on any subject, 
the Chairman shall rise, and in an audible voice ask, 
"Is the Lodge ready for the question?" after which, 
if no member rise to speak, the question shall be put. 

20. When a question is postponed indefinitely, it 
shall not be again acted on during that or the next 
succeeding meeting. 

21. No motion shall be heard for a reconsideration 
of any vote, of the Lodge unless the same shall be 
made by a member who voted with the majority in 
the first instance. 

22. Before any communication, petition, or memo- 
rial, shall be received and read by the Secretary, a 
brief statement of its contents shall be made verbally 
to the Lodge, either by the member presenting the 
same or by the presiding officer. 

23. On application to the Chair, any member may 
be Excused from serving on a second committee, at 
the time of his appointment thereon, if the duties of 
the first committee remain unperformed, and the ap- 
plicant be not discharged therefrom. 

24. The person first named on a committee shall 
act as chairman thereof, unless the committee select 
a different member for that office: The mover and 
seconder of a resolution referred to a special commit- 
tee are usually the first named thereon. 



APP. II. — RULES OF ORDER FOR SEBS. 299 

25. Xo committee can be finally discharged until 
all debts contracted by it shall have been paid. 

26. Tbe consequences of any measure may be rep- 
robated in strong terms; but to arraign the motives 
of those who propose or advocate it is a personality 
and against order. 

27. When a member shall be called to order for 
words spoken, the objectionable words shall (if re- 
quired) be taken down in writing by the Secretary. 

28. Xo motion can be made by one member while 
another is speaking, and no motion shall be received 
unless the member making it shall rise and address 
the Chair. 

29. The affirmative of a question is first put. then 
the negative; but in matters of form or of course, 
such as reading reports, petitions, memorials, or oth- 
«r papers, withdrawing motions, etc., to save time, 
the Chairman usually assumes the assent of the 
Lodge, when, on inquiry, no objection is expressed. 

30. The Chairman, or any member, doubting the 
decision of the Lodge, may call a count or a division 
of the votes. 

31. All questions not herein provided for shall be 
decided upon the principles laid down in Cushing's 
Manual of Parliamentarv Practice. 



APPENDIX III. 

Acts of Incorporation of Grand and Subordinate Lodges 
and Encampments. 

I.- — AX ACT for the Incorporation of the Grand 
Lodge of the State of Illinois of the Independ- 
ent Order of Odd-Fellows, and the Subordinate 
Lodges thereunto belonging. 

>/\. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly, That Charles H. 
Constable, P. Scammoii, John M. Law, Stephen A. 
Corneau, Herman E. Blakeley, George W. Woodward, 
Henry Marfield, "William Kearns, H. Foster, H. E. 
Roberts, and William M. Parker, the present officers 
in the Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois of the In- 
dependent Order of Odd-Fellows, and their successors, 
be, and they are hereby, declared to be a community, 
corporation, and body-politic, by the name and style 
of the 'dm nd Lodge of the State of Illinois of the Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd-Fellows^ ; and by that name they 
and their successors shall, and may, at all times here- 
after, be capable in law to have, receive and retain, 
to them and their successors, property real and per- 
sonal, also devises or bequests of any person or per- 
sons, bodies corporate or politic, capable of making 
the same, and the same at their pleasure to transfer 
or dispone of in such manner as they may think prop- 
er: Provided, always. That the said corporation, or 
body politic, shall not at any time hold or possess ] >r< >p- 
erty, real, personal, or mixed, exceeding in annual 
value the sum of twenty thousand dollars. 

I 2. That the said corporation and their successors, 
by the name, and style, and title aforesaid, shall be 
for ever hereafter capable in law to sue and be sued, 
plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered un- 
to, defend and be defended, in all and any Courts of 



APPENDIX III. — ACTS OF INCORPORATION. 301 

Justice, and before all and any Judge, officers, or per- 
sons whatever, in all and singular actions, matters, or 
demands whatsoever. 

§ 3. That it shall be lawful for said corporation to 
have a common seal for their use, and the same at 
their will and pleasure to change, alter and make 
anew from time to time, as they may think best; and 
shall in general have and exercise all such rights, and 
privileges, and immunities, as by law are incident or 
necessary to the corporation herein constituted. 

g 4. That the Subordinate Lodges which are now 
•belonging to, and which may hereafter be instituted 
by, the said corporation and their successors, by the 
name and number of their respective Lodges, of the 
Independent Order of Odd-Fellows in the State of 
Illinois, shall be declared to be a community, corpo- 
ration, and body politic, and to be at all times hereaf- 
ter capable in law to have, receive and retain, to them 
and their successors, property real and personal, also 
devises or bequests of any person or persons, bodies 
corporate or politic, capable of making the same, and 
the same at their pleasure to transfer or dispose of, in 
such manner as they may think best: Provided, al- 
ways, That either of the said Subordinate Lodges shall 
not at any time hold or possess property, real or 
mixed, exceeding in annual value the sum of ten 
thousand dollars. 

§ 5. That each of the said Subordinate Lodges w 7 hich 
now are, and which may hereafter be, instituted by 
the aforesaid corporation, shall, from and after the 
passage of this Act, elect or appoint annually five 
Trustees, and certificate of the appointment of said 
Trustees shall be recorded in the office of the County 
Recorder [of the county] in which said Subordinate 
Lodges are situated; and that the said Trustees and 
their successors shall be for ever thereafter capable 
in daw to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, 
answer and be answered unto, defend and be de- 
fended, in all or any Courts of Justice, and before all 
and every Judge, officers, or persons whatever, in all 
and singular actions, matters or demands whatsoever. 

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302 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

all of the said Subordinate Lodges, to have a common 
.seal for their use, and the same at their will and pleas- 
ure to change, alter and make anew, from time to 
time, as they may think best; and shall in general 
have and exercise all such rights, privileges and im- 
munities as by law are incident or necessary to cor- 
porations, and what may be necessary to the corpo- 
rations herein constituted. 

§ 7. This Act shall take effect from and after its pass- 
age. 

Z. CASEY, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
WILLIAM McMUBTEY, 

Speaker of the Senate. 
Approved— Feb. 8th, 1849: 

AUG. C. FRENCH. 
[Note.— The Act of Incorporation of the Grand Encampment 
is the same as the foregoing, with the necessary changes, to wit : 
For Lodge and Lodges, put Encampment and Encampments, 
wherever Lodge and Lodges occur. 

For the names of the corporators, substitute the names of the 
G.E. officers of 1856-7, viz.. Charles Trumbull,- H. G. Anderson, 
Augustus C. Marsh, G G. Low, Samuel Willard, Amasa Barry, 
N. H. Dearborn, and S. B Stoddard. 

For the signatures, put Samuel Holmes, Speaker of the House 
of Representatives; John Wood, Speaker of the Senate ; with 
the date '"Approved, Feb. 18, 1857," and the Governor's signature, 
Wm. H. Bissell.] 



II. — AN ACT to Amend an act entitled "Ax Act for 
the Incorporation of the Grand Lodge of the 
State of Illinois of the Independent Order of 
Odd-Fellows, and the Subordinate Lodges there- 
unto belonging". 

§ 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, 
represented In the General Assembly, That said corpora- 
tion, and each of said Subordinate Lodges, shall have 
power to loan money belonging to the same respect- 
ively, and take promissory note or other evidence of 
debt for the money so loaned or any property sold, 
which may be recovered in the corporate name afore- 
said, in all courts or places where judicial proceed- 
ings are had. 

I 2. In case any Subordinate Lodge under the juris- 
diction of said Grand Lodge shall cease to exist, or 



APPEXDIX III. — ACTS OF IXCOEPORATIOX. 303 

forfeit its charter, then all the estate, real and per- 
sonal, together with all the records, books, papers, 
vouchers, furniture, jewels, seals and fixtures, belong- 
ing to such Lodge, shall immediately vest in said 
Grand Lodge, and all personal property, books, rec- 
ords, papers, vouchees, jewels, seals, furniture, deeds, 
money, evidences of debt, leases or mortgages belong- 
ing to said Lodge, so forfeiting its charter or ceasing 
to exist, shall be delivered over by its last Secretary, 
Treasurer, or Trustees of the same, or other person or 
persons having custody of them, to the proper officer 
or agent of said Grand Lodge, on demand; and the 
person or persons holding or having in their possess- 
ion such funds or property failing to do this, each 
and every such person shall be liable to the said 
Grand Lodge in an action of debt for the value of the 
same. 

£ 3. This act shall be deemed a public act, and take 
effect and be in force from and after its passage. 

ALLEN C. FULLER, 

Speaker of the House. 
WILLIAM BROSS, 

Speaker of the Senate. 
Appeoved- Fee. 16tbc, 1865: 

RICHARD J. OGLESBY. 

[This was accepted by the Grand Lodge at its session in 1865.— 
Jour. G.L. 111. Vol. Ill, p. 561. The amendatory act does not ap- 
ply to the Grand Encampment and its subordinates.] 



APPENDIX IV. 

Forms. 

[Some of the follwing forms arefose prescribed by ougpetg 
authority ; these are called in then titles gjgf™ composed br- 
others are selected bj the compiler &""«£. n f his surname, thus, 

them." 

FORM 1.- Petition foe Warrant ok a Subordinate 

Lodge. 

.Varied from G.L.U.S. form, to suit the state jurisdiction. 

The Petition of the undersigned, holding \\ ltn- 
drlwll Card, rom Lodges legally recognized by your 
JTbaT respectfully represents that it would be 
co^sSwith 1 ^ Wa ntale of th« ; Order to estab- 

^C a ou^ 

andhailed as Lodge, No Wherefore your pe- 

"tfotrslrtv that a Warrant may duly issue in pur- 
suance of the laws of your R TV . Body. 

_ Dated at , this .-..-.day of 1» 

[Signed] i 

\\ , etc. 

V See W 166-171 in this Digest. 

FORM 2.— Petition for Warrant of a Sdbobdinatk 
Encampment. (S.) 

(Varied from G.L.U.S. form, to suit the state jurisdiction. 
To the Grand Patriarch, Officers and Members of the Grand Encamp- 
mem To, fthe J.O.O.F.'of the State oj Illinois: 
The Petition of the undersigned, Patriarchs holding 



APPEXDIX IV. — FORMS. 305 

Withdrawal Cards from Encampments [or instructed 
in the Encampment Degrees by a Dispensation of the 
M.W.G. Patriarch, as the case may be], respectfully 
represents that it would be consistent with the advan- 
tage of the Order to establish a Subordinate Encamp- 
ment to be located at , in the County of 

and State of Illinois, to be known and hailed as 

Encampment, Xo .... Wherefore your petitioners pray 
that a Warrant may duly issue, in pursuance of the 
laws of your R.W. Body. 

Dated at , this dav of , 18 

[Signed] , 



***See I 968 Id the Digest. The petition, cards and fee should 
he sent to the Grand Scribe. \\ 167, 168, 171 will apply in this case. 
Certificates of standing of all petitioners, Form 9, below, should 
•accompany this. 



FORM 3. — Petition for a Dispensation for the con- 
ferring of Encampment Degrees. (S.) 

To the M. W.O. Patriarch of the Grand Encampment of the I.O.O.F. 
of the State, of Illinois : 

-The Petition of the undersigned, members of 

Lodge, No , of the Scarlet Degree and in good 

standing, respectfully represents that they are desirous 
of being exalted to the Royal-Purple Degree, in order 
to petition for the institution of a new Encampment, 

to be located at in the County of and 

State of Illinois. Wherefore we pray that a Dispen- 
sation may be issued authorizing the conferring of the 
Patriarchal Degrees upon us. 

Dated at , this day of , 18 

[Signed] , 



*** See \ 966 of this Digest. This petition should be sent to the 
Grand Scribe, with S30, charter fee for the new Encampment, 
and with certificates of standing of the petitioners, Form 9, below. 
20 



306 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

An accompanying letter should give the proposed name and lo- 
cation of the intended Encampment. These all being sent, the 
G.P. and G.S. can make all further arrangements. 



FORM 4. — Petition for Warrant for a Rebekah- 
Degree Lodge. (W.) 

To the Grand Master, Officers and Members of the Right Worthy 
Grand Lodge of the 1. 0. 0.F. of the State of Illinois : 

The Petition of the undersigned, legally-qualified 
members of Lodges legally recognized by your R.W. 
Body, respectfully represents that it would be con- 
sistent with the advantage of the Order to establish a 

Rebekah-Degree Lodge to be located at , in 

the County of and State of Illinois [to be 

known and hailed as Rebekah-De- 
gree Lodge, No ]. Wherefore your petitioners pray 

that a Warrant may duly issue in pursuance of the 
laws of vour R.W. Body. 

Dated'at , this dav of 18 

[Signed] , 



, etc. 

*** Charter fee, §10,00. Five signers of each sex, having Re- 
bekah Degree ; or ten signers, if there be already a R.D.L. in the 
same place. See laws, *585, and Chapter XIX generally. Cer- 
tificate, as in Form 5, should accompany this. 



FORM 5. — CERTIFICATE FOB APPLICANTS FOB A REBEKAH- 

De<;ree Lodge Charter. 

Hall of Lodge, No I.O.O.F. \ 

, III , 18_... J 

This certifies that A- B , C D , and 

E F are members in good standing in 

Lodge, No , of , in county; and that 

they and the ladies, M B , N D , and 

F , joining in the petition for a Rebekah- 
Degree Lodge, have the Rebekah Degree. 

[Lodge Seal.] R S , Sec'y. 



APPENDIX IV. — FORMS. 307 

FORM 6. — Petition for Membership in a Subordin- 
ate Lodge, by Initiation. (S.) 

To the Officers and Members of Lodge, No , of the I.O- 

O.F. of the State of Illinois : 

The Petition of the subscriber respectfully repre- 
sents that he is desirous of becoming a member of 
your benevolent and honorable Order: he has exam- 
ined your Constitution and By-Laws, and is willing^ 

to yield obedience thereto: his age is years; 

his occupation is ; and his residence is 

Fee required by the By-Laws is inclosed, $ 

Recommended by 

Refers to 

Dated at this dav of , 18 

[Signed] 

FORM 7. — Petition for Membership in a Subordin- 
ate Encampment, by Initiation. (S.) 

To the Officers and Members of Encampment, No , 1.0- 

O.F. of the State of Illinois: 

The Petition of the subscriber respectfully repre- 
sents that he is desirous of becoming a member of 
your exalted branch of our Order: he is a member of 

Lodge, No , held at , in the 

County of and State of , and has 

attained to the Scarlet Degree; he has read your Con- 
stitution and By-Laws, and is willing to yield obedi- 
ence thereto: his age is years, his occupation 

is , and his residence is , County of , 

State of Initiation and Degree Fees required 

by the By-Laws inclosed, $ 

*** One payment includes the initiation and all degrees. See 
§ 1064. Certificates of standing, Form 9, should accompany this. 

FORM 8. — Petition for Admission by Card into a 
Lodge or Encampment. (W.) 

To the Officers and Members of Lodge [or Encampment] y 

No , 1. 0. O.F. of the State of Illinois : 

The subscriber respectfully asks admission as a 
member of your Lodge [Encampment] by deposit of. 



308 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

his card, which is sent herewith. My age is 

years; I am by occupation a ; and niy resi- 
dence is Admission fee inclosed, $ 

Recommended by 

Refers to 

Dated at this day of , 18 

[Signed] 

%* For admission as an Ancient Odd-Fellow, omit the words 
"' by deposit of card, which is sent herewith ', and insert ' as an 
Ancient Odd Fellow '. In that case, the expired card or other 
evidence of former membership should still accompany the peti- 
tion. If the petition be addressed to an Encampment, a certifi- 
cate of standing, Form 9, should accompany it. 

FORM 9. — Cektificate of Standing foe application 
foe Admission to an Encampment. (W.) 



This certifies that Brother is a mem- 
ber of this Lodge in good standing, and of the Scarlet 
Degree. , 

[Lodge Seal.] Sec'y of Lodge, No... 

*** This certificate is given without a vote of the Lodge, g 277 : 
it is given as a matter of course to any brother who asks it for its 
proper purpose. By \ 1010, either Secretary of a Lodge may give 
this certificate in the absence of specific law ; but if attested by 
the seal, it should not be given by the Permanent Secretary, as 
that is not in his keeping. 

FORM 10. — Repoet of a Committee of Investigation 
upon an Application foe Membeeship. (W.) 

To the Officers and Members of Lodge [Encampment , No , 

of the I. O. OF. of the State of Illinois : 

The undersigned, Committee of Investigation on 

the application of Mr. [or, Bro.] for 

membership by initiation [or, by deposit of card], re- 
spectfu'ly report that they have inquired into his 

standing and character" and believe him worthy 

to become a member of our Lodge [Encampment]. 
We therefore recommend that he be elected. 

Dated at , this day of , 18 

[Signed] 

> Committee. 



APPENDIX IV. — FOEM^. 309 

FORM 11.— Order for the A.T.P.W. (Prescribed 
form.) 

This form is given in ? 497 in the Digest. It is kept for sale by 
the Grand Secretary : see \ S74. 



FORM 12. — Order for the S.A.P.W., withix the 
State only. (S.) 



Lodge, No 

.State of Illixois. 

. DAY OF , 18 



To the Noble Grand of any Lodge of the 1. 0. F. 

in the State of Illinois : 

The bearer, Bro , is a member of 

this Lodge in good standing, and entitled to the S.A, 
P.W. for tbe current term, which you will please 
communicate to him after due examination, where- 
upon you will retain or destroy this letter. 

[Place for Seal.] , N.G. 

Attest, • , Secretary. 

This is kept for sale by the G-. Sec'y : see § 874.] 

*** Before communicating the P.W. on such an order, any of- 
ficer to whom it is presented (under i 488) should be fully satisfied 
of the identity of the person presenting it. 



FORM 13. — Certificate for Past-Official Degrees. 

(W.) 

Hall of Lodge, No , I.O.O.F. > 

at , III., 18 J 

This certifies that Bro. [P.O.] has 

served a legal term [or the remainder of a term, fill- 
ing a vacancy] to the close thereof, as N.G. [V.G. or 
Sec'y] in this Lodge, and is therefore entitled to the 
Past-Official Degree [s] of the Office [s] named. 

[Lodge Seal.] , N.G. 

Attest, , Secretary. 

*** No vote of the Lodge is allowed on this certificate : see ? 310 
of this Digest : it is given in due course. A Permanent Secretary 
gets no degree. U 309, 312 must be very carefully observed. The 
several offices filled by the brother may be included in one cer- 
tificate. 



310 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

FORM 14. — Certificate of Representative to Grand 
Lod<tE. (Prescribed form.) 

(This form is given in the Digest, g 72. 

FORM 15. — Certificate for Membership in the 

Grand Encampment. (Prescribed form.) 

(This form is given in the Digest, \ 930, or By-Laws G.E. 5.) 

FORM 16. — Certificate for Membership in the 
Grand Lodge. (W.) 

Hall of Lodge, Xo I.O.O.F. ) 

at , III., , 18 J 

This certifies that Bro is a Past Grand 

in good standing in this Lodge. 

[Lodge Seal.] , X.G. 

Attest, , Secretary. 

FORM 17. — Commission of Deputy of Grand Master. 
(Prescribed form.) 

I.O.O.F.-FRIENDSHIP, LOVE, AND TRUTH. 

I , Most Worthy Grand Master of the In- 
dependent Order of Odd-Fellows of the State of Illi- 
nois, to our well-beloved Brother . , Past Grand, 

and to whom it may concern, Greeting: 

Know ye, That, reposing special confidence in your 
knowledge and discretion, I do, by virtue of the 
power and authority in me vested, hereby appoint 

and commission you, the said our Worthy 

Deputy Grand Master for Lodge, Xo , at, 

, in county. 

And, as our Deputy for said Lodge, you are empow- 
ered and directed to act as the special agent of the 
Grand Lodge of Illinois in relation to matters herein 
specified, to wit: 

To act for the Grand Master, and, by his direction, 
to do and perform whatever may have been ordered 
to be done and performed by the Grand Lodge of Illi- 



APPENDIX IV. — FORMS. 311 

nois, in said Lodge. To act as the representative of 
the Grand Lodge of Illinois, and to do and perform 
all such matters relating to the Order in said Lodge 
as the Grand Master may direct. You shall obey all 
special instructions of the Grand Master in relation 
to any thing which that officer is required to do. 

You are to act as the agent of the Grand Secretary, 
and obey the special instructions of that officer. 

You have concurrent power with the Grand Mas- 
ter, where it does not conliict with his opinion, in 
granting all dispensations relating to the above- 
named Lodge and its work, if allowed by usage or 
express law, and not reserved by the Grand Master, 
but not otherwise. It is your duty to confer Official 
Degrees on Past Officers; to install the officers of the 
Lodge, or cause it to be done by a qualified Past 
Grand, whose authority must be in writing and pre- 
sented to the Lodge upon his visiting it for installa- 
tion. It is your duty to visit the Lodge at least once 
in each month, maintaining a general supervision 
over the Lodge, seeing that the work is done correctly, 
and the laws of the Grand Lodge strictly adhered to ; 
and you must set aside any decision or action of the 
Lodge not in accordance therewith. It is your duty 
to see that the special instructions of the Grand Sec- 
retary respecting the returns of the Lodge are care- 
fully observed and complied with. 
~ In all cases of doubt you must consult the Grand 
Master, or the Grand Secretary when the matter re- 
lates to the business of his office. You must imme- 
diately report to the Grand Master the regular install- 
ations of your Lodge, and, at least four weeks before 
the annual session of the Grand Lodge, you must re- 
port to him the condition of the Lodge, and all your 
acts not previously reported. You are carefully to 
observe the laws regulating your office, and are not 
permitted to transcend the powers herein set forth. 

This commission is to be read in the Lodge on your 
first visit thereto, which fact is to be entered upon 
the records of the' Lodge. This commission is to be 

in force through the year 18 (or such part of it as 

may remain unexpired at the date herein below set 



312 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

forth) and until the appointment of your successor; 
unless it be sooner revoked by the Grand Lodge or 
the Grand Master. 

In testi mi mil irhereof, I have hereunto set my hand,, 
and affixed the seal of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, 

this day of , 18 

, Grand Master. 

By the Grand Master: 

Grand Secretary. 

V The Commission of a D.D.G.P. of the G.E. is the same, with 
the proper changes of titles, etc. 

FORM 18. — Installation Report. (Prescribed form. )• 
Office of Deputy of Lodge, No "I 



To the M. W. Grand Master, Grand Lodge of Illinois : 
The undersigned reports that the officers of the 

above-named Lodge, No , were duly installed on. 

the evening of the of , to wit: 

, KG. , V.G. 

, Sec'y. , P. Sec. 

, Treas. 

These officers were installed by me after ascertain- 
ing that the reports to the Grand Lodge then due 
had been made out, and the assessment due the Grand 
Lodge had been drawn from the' treasury of the 
Lodge, and both were ready to be forwarded or had 
been forwarded by the Secretary to the Grand Secre- 
tary. Yours in F., L. and T., 

, Deputy. 

V* This form is sent by the Grand Secretary with the blanks 
for reports of the Lodge : instructions for use accompany it. See 
them in full in Jour. G.L. 111. 1857, 190. In this Digest they are in 
sundry chapters. 

FORM 19. — Form for Petition for Dispensation. 

(W.) 
I Given in \ 154 of this Digest..) 

FORM 20. — Form for Dispensations by Depi ty. < AV. 
(Given in \ 154 of this Digest.) 



APPENDIX IV. — FORMS. 313 

FORM 21. — Introduction of a Visiting Brother. 

(W.) 

The mode of examining a visiting brother before 
introduction is given in §§538, 542, 544, 545, 546; but 
both the committee and the presiding officer often 
feel the lack of proper words to complete the intro- 
duction. The compiler suggests the following: 

The committee, having announced themselves as 
'the committee with a visitor', are admitted, and, af- 
ter the salutations, the chief of the committee says — 

"Noble Grand, [Worthy Chief Patriarch,] I have 
the pleasure of introducing to vou and to the Lodge 

[Encampment] Bro. [P.G., orPat-r., or P.C.P.] 

, of Lodge, [Encampment,] No , of 

the jurisdiction of , who has this evening hon- 
ored us with a visit." 

The N.G-. [C.P.] calls up, rises, and says : — 

"Bro. [P.O., Patr., etc.] , we thank you 

for the honor of your visit this evening, and extend 
you a fraternal greeting. We trust you will visit us 
as often as convenient during your stay in our town. 

The committee will conduct Bro to a 

seat." 

The chief of the committee, who should still retain 
the card, now takes it to the Secretary, who indorses 

on it "Visited Lodge, No , at , 

111., ,18 Sec'y." This should 

be written in a couple of neat lines near the top of 
the card: it saves the necessity of another examina- 
tion (§ 542). During the evening, the Warden takes 
the card from the Secretary and hands it to the visit- 
or. The indorsement is regular usage, and not the 
suggestion of the compiler. 



FORM 22. — Introduction of a Member elected on 
Card. (W.) 

No form or ceremony for introduction of a member 
elected on deposit of card has been adopted in this 
state, but the member is to be introduced by a com- 



314 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' digest. 

mittee ($$373, 374). The compiler suggests the fol- 
lowing form : 

After the examination provided in g 344, by the N.G. 
[C.P.] or by a committee under his order, the com- 
mittee conducts him into the Lodge like a visitor; 
and its leading member says — 

"Noble Grand, [W.O.P.,] I have the pleasure of 
introducing to you and to the Lodge, [Encampment,] 
as one of our own number from this time, Bro. [P.G.. 

P.C.P., or Patr.] whom the brethren have 

elected a member of this Lodge [Encampment] upon 
deposit of card. " 

The N.G. [C.P.] calls up, rises, and says — 

"Bro , in the name of this Lodge, [Encamp- 
ment,] I welcome you as henceforth a member of 

Lodge, [Ecampment,] No The confidence 

of the brethren has given you admission; and we 
trust that your membership with us will prove 
mutually pleasant and profitable. The committee 

will conduct Bro to the Secretary [Scribe] 

to sign the constitution ; after which, he will be seated 
as one of us. " 

FORM 23. — Card foe a Brother's Wife. (Prescribed 
form.) 

FRIENDSHIP, LOVE, AND TRUTH. 
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting : 

This certifies that whose name is indorsed 

on the margin of this card in her own proper hand- 
writing, is the wife of our well-beloved brother 

, who [is] a member of Lodge, No , held 

at , and working under authority of a charter 

duly granted by authority of the Right Worthy 
Grand Lodge of the We therefore recom- 
mend her to you*, friendship and protection wherever 
she may be, throughout the world, for the space of 

, and no longer. 

In witness whereof, we have subscribed our names 
and affixed the seal of our Lodge, this day of 

, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 

hundred and 



APPENDIX IV. — FORMS. 315 

*** The above form, which- is that given by the G.L.U.S. ( \ 536), 
is issued bv the G.L. 111. in a handsome card, varied also for a 
Widow's Card. (2 874.) 



FORM 24. — Card foe Lady haying the Rebekah De- 
gree. (Prescribed form.) 

I.O.O.F.- FRIENDSHIP, LOVE, AND TRUTH. 
To whom it may concern : 

. This is to certify that Mrs , whose name, 

written by herself, is situated on the margin of this 

Certificate, is the wife of Bro , a member of 

our Lodge, and has been duly initiated and instructed 
in the Degree of Rebekah, and is entitled to be recog- 
nized as a sister of that degree so long as her husband 
remains in good standing in the Order. And we 
specially request the N.G. of any Lodge to which she 
may apply to instruct her in any part of the work of 
said degree which she may at any time have forgot- 
ten, due evidence appearing of her husband's good 
standing as aforesaid. 

This Certificate is issued by Lodge, No , 

w r orking at , in county, under the juris- 
diction of the R.W. Grand Lodge of Illinois. 

In witness whereof, we have signed and 

[l.s.] sealed this Certificate, this day 

of , a.d. 18 

, N.G. 

, Secretary. 

*** The issue of the above was authorized in 1857 (g 536) ; and it is 
■sold by the Grand Secretary Ci 874), who also has the same Form 
varied for widows who have the Rebekah Degree. 

FORM 25. — Certificate op Trustees, for Record in 

County Recorder's Office. (E.A. Rucker. ) 
To whom it may concern : 
This Certifies, That on the day of the date hereof, 

at a regular meeting of Lodge, No , of 

the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows in the State of 

Illinois, located at , in the County of , 

and being one of the Subordinate Lodges belonging to 



316 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

the Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois of the Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd-Fellows, the following-named 
persons were, by the said Subordinate Lodge, duly 
elected Trustees thereof, to continue in office as, such 
Trustees, for one year, and until their successors are 
elected, to wit: 



Given under our hands and the seal of the said 

;.] Subordinate Lodge, this day of , 

a.d. One thousand eight hundred and 

, N.G. 

Attest, Sec'y. 

* For laws on the election of Trustees see }| 825, 826. 



FORM 26. — Circular of Grand Master authorizing 
Applications for Pecuniary Assistance. (Pre- 
scribed Form.) 

Whereas Lodge, Xo of the State of 

, is under the necessity of appealing to the 

sister Lodges for pecuniary aid in consequence of 
, the Grand Lodge of rec- 
ommends to her Subordinate Lodges to contribute to 
the aid of said Lodge. 

[SEAL.] , G.M. 

V From Journal G.L.U.S. pp. 860, 906. See '{ 198. 



FORM 27. — Petition for Removal of Lodge from one 
place to another. 

To the M. W. Grand Master. Officers and Members of the R. W. 
Grand Lodge of Illinois, J.O.O.F. : 

The undersigned members of Lodge. No. 

, now located at in county, 

respectfully represent that it will be for the advant- 
age of said Lodge in particular, and of the Order in 
general, that said Lodge be removed to , in 



APPENDIX IV. — FOEMS. 317 

, county; wherefore they ask warrant for 

■such removal. 

A B , 

C D , 

E F , etc. 

Approved in Lodge meeting this day of , 

18 

[Place of seal.] M T , N.G. 

R S , Sec'y. 

*** A remonstrance may be made in the same form by insert- 
ing not after will, and omitting- tbe request. With the petition 
should go evidence to the G.M. showing why the petition should 
be granted, and why any members have not signed it. 



FORM 28. — Petition for Revival op Defunct Lodge. 

To the M. W. Grand Master, Officers and Members of the E. W. 
Grand Lodge of Illinois, I.O.O.JP. : 

The undersigned petitioners respectfully represent 

that they were formerly members of Lodge, No. 

, at , in county, which surrendered 

its charter and effects and is now defunct; that they 
are not now connected with any other Lodge, and are 
in good standing in the Order or are ready to pay dues 
according to law ; that they believe it to be for the 
good of the Order that said Lodge be now revived ; 
wherefore they ask that the charter and effects of the 
Lodge be restored to them, pledging their hearty ef- 
forts to sustain and maintain the Lodge hereafter; 
and they ask that the Grand Master, by himself or 
Deputy, shall duly reopen said Lodge No 

Dated at , this day of , 18 

*** See the chapters on Defunct Lodges, and N.P.D. If any of 
the petitioners hold withdrawal cards, these should accompany 
the petition. The petitioners should be five for a Lodge, seven 
lor an Encampment, if less than five (.or seven;, the law of £ 885 
must be observed : the petition must state that one or more was 
a former member of the defunct Lodge ; that a quorum can not 
-be obtained of former members ; 'and effects' must be be leit out ; 
i'or 'restored' put 'given'. 

FORM 29. — An Information, or Complaint. (W.) 
INote.— All the following forms relating to Trials are from a 



318 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

carefully-considered series of articles contributed by the com- 
piler to The Memento in 1857, and to be found in Vol. Ill, pp. 76, 
111, 139, 169, and 367. Although a few points have been changed 
by later decisions, the compiler recommends the series to those 
that have access to them.] 

To the N.G. of Lodge, No 

I have reason to believe that our "Bro. A B 

has been guilty of conduct unbecoming an Odd-Fel- 
low, and desire that the matter be referred to the 
Lodge for examination and judgment. 

He is charged with [ — here state the particular of- 
fense or offenses; but the details of the evidence need 
not be given.] 

Witnesses are Bros. C. D. and E. F., and Messrs. G. 
H. and I. J. 

[Signed] 

*** The law requires the information to be signed : it is to be 
handed privately to the N.G., and should be kept secret by all 
parties, unless the brother giving information gives it openfv, ah 
he is allowed to do. See gg 659, 660-663. The N.G. should not re- 
fer this paper to a committee, but a copy of it. 



FORM 30.— Charges. 



The undersigned, your committee appointed to in- 
vestigate the complaint against Bro. A.B., a member 
of this Lodge, respect-fully report that we have made 
due investigation as to the matter complained of, and 
rind from the evidence that A.B. may be and probably 
is guilty of conduct unbecoming an Odd-Fellow. We 
therefore prefer the following charges: 

Charge I. — We charge Bro. A.B. with [ — here in- 
sert the offense: thus, for example, 'with intoxica- 
tion. '] 

Specification 1. [That he was intoxicated at Long 
Point, May 7th.] 

Specification 2. [That he was intoxicated at the cele- 
bration of the 4th of July last.] 

Charge II. — We charge Bro. A.B. with [ — fraud.] 

Specification 1. [That he obtained goods of Mr. G^KL 
on false representations of his ability to pay, etc.] 



APPENDIX IV. — FORMS. 319 

Witnesses on the part of the prosecution, CD., E.F., 
G.H., and I.J. 

[Signed] ,*) 

, ^ Committee. 

V The Charges should state the offense, and the Specifications 
give a sketch of the particular things done, as in the above 
examples. 

FORM 31. — Citation op Accused, with Charges. 

Hall of Lodge, No , I.O.O.F., 1 

at ,Ill., , 18 j 

To Mr. A B 

Dear Sir and Bro. : At the regular meeting of the 
Lodge held this evening, the following charges against 
you were presented; and you will please take notice 
that you are by law required to appear and answer to 
them at the second stated meeting hereafter, under 
penalty for contempt if you fail thereof. 
Fraternally yours, 

[Seal.] R C. S , 

Secretary Lodge, No , I.O.O.F. 

*** In the same letter or on the same paper put the charges and 
specifications in full. If the brother holds a Withdrawal Card, 
the Lodge should annul it when the charges are brought in 
(g 680) , and the following should be added to the above citation : 

" And you are further notified that the Lodge has annulled the 
Withdrawal Card heretofore granted you, which annullment 
brings you into temporary membership again. " 

FORM 32. — Citation to a Witness who is an Odd- 
Fellow. 

Hall op Lodge, No , I.O.O.F., \ 

at III., , 18 J 

To Bro. C D 

You are hereby notified to appear at the Hall of 
this Lodge on evening, , 18..., to give tes- 
timony in case of an accusation against Bro. A.B. ; 
and herein you will not fail, under such penalty as 

our laws provide. Our Lodge meets at o'clock. 

Fraternally yours, 

[Seal.] R C. S , 

Secretary of Lodge, No I.O.O.F. 



320 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

FORM 33. — Invitation to a Witness who is not an 
Odd-Fellow. 



To Mr. G H 

Dear Sir: A charge of misconduct has been pre- 
ferred against Bro. A B , member of our 

Lodge, and it has been suggested that your testimony 
will be important in the scrutiny of it: the Lodge 
therefore respectfully requests that you will meet Bro. 

M P , committee to take testimony, at [the 

Lodge-room], on evening, , 18 , 

at ... o'clock, to give your evidence : or, if you can not 
do so, that you will agree with the committee and the 
accused upon some other time and place. 
On behalf of the Lodge, 

Yours respectfullv. 

[Seal.] R— C.S , 

Secretary of Lodge, No , I.O.O.F. 

*** The accused should always be notified of the time and place 
of taking all testimony. If a witness be a lady, the above invita- 
tion should be varied thus : 

Strikeout all after 'respectfully requests that you will' and 
insert— " inform Bro. M P .committee to take testi- 
mony, at what time and place he and the accused brother may 
call upon you to receive your evidence. Please name an early 
time. " 

FORM 34. — Obligation of Witness, — Verbal Testi- 
mony. 

You solemnly promise, upon your honor as a man 
[and as an Odd-Fellow], that the testimony which 
you shall give respecting matters in question in this 
trial shall be the truth, the whole truth so far as 
known to you, and nothing but the truth. 

FORM 35. — Certificate of Witness, — Written Tes- 
timony. 

I hereby certify, upon my honor, that the foregoing 
statements, constituting my testimony in the matter 
of an accusation against Mr. A B , before 



APPENDIX IV. — FORMS. 321 

Lodge, No..., I.O.O.F.. are true, the whole 

truth in the case so far as known to me, and nothing 

but the truth. G H 

Attest: M P . Committee. 



FORM 36. — Claim of Change of Venue. 

, III , 18 

To Lodge, No , I.O.O.F. 

Officers and Members: The undersigned, three 

members of the Lodge, are of opinion that Bro. A 

B will not receive an impartial trial in this Lodge, 

and claim removal of the trial to another Lodge, ac- 
cording to law. 

[Signed] 



V s The law does not prohibit the accused himself from being 
one of the three, k'4 702.) 



FORM 37. — Dismissal Certificate. (Prescribed form.) 
(Given in \ 744 of this Digest.) 

FORM 38.— Treasurer's Bond. (E. A. Rucker.) 

Know all Men by these Presents, That I, , 

as principal, and we, , , as 

securities, are held and firmly bound unto the Trus» 
tees of Lodge, No , of the Independent Or- 
der of Odd-Fellows, organized as a Subordinate Lodge 
under a warrant granted by the Grand Lodge of the 
State of Illinois of the Independent Order of Odd-Fel- 
lows, in the sum of Dollars, for the pay- 
ment of which well and truly to be made to the Trus- 
tees of the said Lodge, No , we bind ourselves, our 

heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and sev- 
erally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our 
seals, and dated this day of , one thou- 
sand eight hundred and seventy 

TVhereas, the said , principal, has been 

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322 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

elected Treasurer of the said L° d gf. No , 

held at .! in the State of Ilinois, for the term 

commencing; on the first day of .»., lo'—, ana 

ending on the last day of .in the same year. 

Now the condition of this obligation is such that if 
the said Treasurer shall faithfully and honestly per- 
form the duties of his office, according to the consti- 
tution and by-laws of said Lodge, and the Laws of 
the Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois, I.O.O.F., and 
of the Grand Lodge of the United States then this 
obligation shall be* void: otherwise, it shall be in full 

force. 
Signed, sealed and delivered in 

presence of [SEAL.] 

I [seal.] 

J [SEAL.] 

required. ^281,282,303.] 



APPENDIX V. 

I.— Form of Dedication of an Odd-Fellows' Hall or 
Lodge-Room. 

This ceremony may be performed in presence of a general au- 
dience, or in a Lodge-room, with closed doors. If others than 
members are present, the honors will be omitted, and the 
Grand Officers will enter in du* 1 procession, and take their ap- 
propriate seats. If admission is restricted to members of the 
Order, a Lodge will first be opened in due form and Guardians 
stationed at the doors. The Grand-Lodge Officers, properly 
clothed, will form in another apartment, and approach the 
outer door, at which the Grand Herald will give the usual 
alarm.] 

0. G. Who comes there? 

G.H. The M.W. Grand Master and other officers of 

the K.W. Grand Lodge of , who desire to be 

admitted, in the name of Friendship, Love, and 
Truth, for the purpose of dedicating this Hall to the 
use of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows, and 
the diffusion of Benevolence and Charity. 

0. G. Enter, in the name of Friendship, Love, and 
Truth. 

[The same dialogue will occur at the inner door, with the Inside 
Guardian, after which the Grand-Lodge Ufficers will enter 
the room and take their respective seats, the four brethren 
appointed as Heralds having seats in front of the Grand Mas- 
ter, when the grand honors will be given. The building will 
then be delivered to the Grand Master, as follows, by the 
Noble Grand, or Chairman of the Building Committee, who 
deposits the keys of the same upon the pedestal. The Grand 
Officers occupying their appropriate seals, the exercises pro- 
ceed as follows:] 

G. Chaplain. Direct us, Lord, in all our doings, 
with thy most precious favor, and further us with thy 
continued help; that in all our works begun, con- 
tinued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy 
name, and finally, by thy mercy, obtain everlasting 
life. Amen. 



324 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

[The Lodge being called up, the brethren will unite in sinking 
the following ode:] 

Brethren of our friendly Order, 

Honor here asserts her --way. 
All within our sacred border 

Must her high commands obey. 
Join, Odd- Fellowship of brothers, 

In the song of Truth and Love; 
Leave disputes and strife to others, 

We in harmony must move. 

Honor to her courts invites us, 

Worthy subjects let us prove : 
Strong the chain that here unites us, 

Linked with Friendship, Truth, and Love. 
In our hearts enshrined and cherished, 

May these feelings ever bloom — 
Failing not when life has perished, 

Living still beyond the tomb. 

Grand Marshal. Is it the will and pleasure of the M. 
"W. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the Independ- 
ent Order of Odd-Fellows of the State of 

that the ceremony of dedicating this Hall to the busi- 
ness and purposes of Odd-Fellowship do now proceed? 

Grand Master. Such is my will and pleasure. 

[The Noble Grand, President of Hall Association, or Committee, 
will then say:] 

X.G. Most Worthy Grand Master: We meet you 
here to-day to announce that the work in which we 
have been engaged is finished, and our temple is at 
last ready to shelter us within its walls. It is not the 
business of the committee to allude to their own la- 
bors nor the manner in which these labors have been 
performed; nor would good taste permit them to de- 
scant on the fitness of our edifice for the sacred pur- 
pose to which it is designed. It is capable of speak- 
ing for itself through its proportions and its style. If 
these fail to impress you, any words of mine would 
prove worse than useless. I have only to repeat that 

our work is finished, and, in behalf of Lodge, 

No and of the Order in this place, I make request 

that this Hall be set apart and dedicated to the busi- 
ness and purposes of Odd-Fellowship. 

Grand Master. Noble Grand [or, Mr. President of 
Odd-Fellows' Hall Committee]: In the name and in 



APP. V. — DEDICATION OF O. F. HALL. 325 

behalf of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows of 

the State of , I accept, for dedication to 

the uses of Odd-Fellowship, this Hall, which has been 
constructed under your supervision. To you and 
your associates the present must be an occasion espe- 
cially gratifying. To-day you witness the consum- 
mation of that for which you have ardently toiled 
and hoped; to-day you hail the completion of that 
for Which you have zealously and faithfully labored, 
and to-day you behold the recognition by your breth- 
ren from the North, the South, the East, and the 
West, of this the result of your efforts, as a temple 
devoted to the service of those whose vocation it is to 
visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead, 
educate the orphan — duties which neither interfere 
with nor supersede the discharge of any other, social, 
moral, or religious. 

Brethren, I congratulate you upon the completion 
of this beautiful Hall, which we are about to dedicate 
to those cardinal virtues which should adorn and ele- 
vate humanity, and the names of which we have se- 
lected as the motto and watchword of our beloved 
Order. Beneath this roof you are to encourage one 
another in the duties of benevolence and charity; be- 
fore this altar the good works of Friendship. Love 
and Truth are ever to be presented as the only accept- 
able sacrifices. From hence, as from a perennial fount- 
ain, are to flow the gentle streams of true Friend- 
ship to gladden and make green many waste places. 
In this quiet retreat are to be cultivated those flow- 
ers that Love unfeigned shall scatter on the rugged 
pathway of life under many bleeding feet. Here is 
to be sown the good seed of Truth in many hearts, to 
spring up and yield its hundred-fold harvest. It is, 
therefore, not so much this temple made with hands 
that should occupy our attentien at present as the 
great principles that are here to be disseminated. I 
hope and trust, brethren, that our united efforts with 
those of our brethren throughout the globe may lead 
to the raising and adorning of a still nobler Temple, 
which shall be consecrated by the approval of the Su- 
preme Grand Master of the Universe, without the in-- 



326 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

vocation of whose blessing no work should be under- 
taken. 

Grand Chaplain. Almighty God: the maker of all 
worlds; whom we are taught to approach and call by 
the tender name — Father; we would humbly draw 
near and beg thy blessing on tbe work in which we 
are engaged; whatever is amiss in us do thou, make 
right by thy Divine Power, and in all things do thou 
overrule our thoughts and deeds to thy greater glory 
and the good of our fellow men. 

LThe members of the Order called up.] ' 

Grand Master. I was glad when they said unto me, 
Let us go into the house of the Lord. 

Response. Our feet shall stand within thy gates, 
Jerusalem! 

G.M. Jerusalem is built as a city that is compart 
together (at unity in itself). 

R. Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, 
unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the 
name of the Lord. 

G.M. For there are set thrones of judgment, the 
thrones of the house of David. 

R. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; they shall 
prosper that love thee. 

G.M. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity 
within thy palaces. 

R. For thy brethren and companions' sakes I will 
now say, Peace be within thee! 

G.M. Because of the house of the Lord our God, I 
will seek thy good. 

R. So be it. 

G.M. Hear, hear, hear, all men: By authority and 
in the name of the Grand Lodge of the Independent 

Order of Odd-Fellows of the State of , I 

dedicate this Hall to the business and purposes of 
Odd-Fellowship, to disseminate Friendship, Love, 
and Truth, and to diffuse Benevolence and Charity 
in their fullest extent to all its worthy members; and 
by this solemn act I hereby declare it duly dedicated. 

The Grand Marshal will please cause this dedication 
to be appropriately proclaimed. 



APP. V. — DEDICATION OF O. F. HALL. 327 

Grand Marshal. Brothers, Grand Heralds of the 
North, of the South, of the East, and of the West : By 
the solemn act of the M.W. Grand Master of the Grand 

Lodge of this Hall is duly dedicated to 

the business and purposes of Odd-Fellowship, to dis- 
seminate Friendship, Love, and Truth, Faith, Hope, 
and Charity, in their fullest extent, to all its worthy 
members. It is his will and pleasure that the same 
be proclaimed, which duty you will perform. 

Herald of the North. Hear, all men : By command of 
the M.W. Grand Master, and in the name of Friend- 
ship as pure, refreshing and life-giving as is this wa- 
ter [sprinkling it], I dedicate this Hall to the practice 
of that ennobling virtue which, uniting men as breth- 
ren, teaches them to sustain that relation at all times, 
each in his turn helping and helped, blessing and 
blessed. 

Response. Behold how good and how pleasant it is 
for brethren to dwell together in unity, for these the 
Lord commanded the blessing, even life for ever- 
more. 

Herald of the South. Hear, all men : By command of 
our M.W. Grand Master, I proclaim this Hall dedi- 
cated to Love, world-wide and ever-enduring [lights 
the fire on the altar] ; and niay the fire that is this 
day kindled upon the altar of our hearts be as perpet- 
ual as that which burned upon the altar in the secret 
tabernacle of the Most High, of which this is but a 
feeble emblem. 

Response. Though I speak w T ith the tongues of men 
and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as 
sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal: Charity never 
faileth. 

Herald of the East. Hear, all men: By command of 
our M.W. Grand Master, I proclaim this Hall dedi- 
cated to the inculcation and cultivation of Truth [scat- 
tering wheat] ; and may the good seed here sown, of 
which this is the emblem, like the grain sown broad- 
cast on the earth, spring up again an hundred fold 
for future use and blessing ; and may that ennobling 
virtue which lies at the foundation jof all other vir- 
tues, and which is devoid of guile and hypocrisy, 



328 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

teach us sincerity and plain dealing in all our com- 
munications, and earnestness in the inculcation of 
whatever is good and true. 

Response. He that walketh uprightly, and worketh 
righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart, <> 
Lord, shall abide in thy tabernacle and shall dwell in 
thy Holy Hill. 

Hern Id of the West. Hear, all men: By command of 
our M.W. Grand Master, I proclaim this Hall dedicat- 
ed to Faith, Hope, and Charity. Those graces, like 
these flowers [strewing flowers], fill the common air 
with fragrance, beautify and adorn all on whom they 
fall. The practice of these highest virtues is in itself 
the fulfilling of that law which commands us to visit 
the sick, bury the dead, and educate the orphan. 

Response. A good man showeth favor and lendeth ; 
he will guide his affairs with discretion; he hath dis- 
persed; he hath given to the poor; his righteousness 
endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with 
honor. 

Grand Marshal. Most Worthy Grand Master: Procla- 
mation has gone forth to the four quarters of the globe, 
that all men may hear and know that the principles of 
Odd-Fellowship have here a dwelling-place. 

Grand Hotter. The Grand Chaplain will now address 
the Throne of Grace. 

Grand Chopin iv. "We humbly beseech thee, .0 God, 
to bless the work in which we have now been engaged. 
Let the lessons we have received sink deep into our 
hearts, so that this shall have been to us no idle cere- 
mony, but a means of edification in righteousness, and 
truth, and humanity. May we all leave this place 
with our good resolutions strengthened, our charities 
enlarged, and our hearts expanded in all-embracing- 
love toward our brethren of every tongue and clime. 
Bless, Heavenly Father, the Order of which we are 
members; aid us in the good work of Benevolence 
and Charity to which we are pledged, and give 
direction and success to our efforts, lfless this 
edifice in the promotion of the good objects to which 
it has this day been set apart. Let thy protecting 
care be over the brethren who here shall meet togeth- 



APP. V. — DEDICATION OF 0. F. HALL. 329 

er; keep their feet upon the right path, and guide 
them by thy power in the way everlasting; make 
them faithful to their duties and zealous in every 
good word and work, so that, when the solemn close 
of life comes, the soul of each may be stayed on thee ; 
and unto thee, our God and Father, be ascribed glory 
and dominion and power, world without end. Amen. 

Grand Master {first calling down the Lodge). My breth- 
ren: I trust that the solemn ceremonies of this occa- 
sion may not be lost upon our hearts. In setting 
apart this Hall for its noble purposes, we have renewed 
our vows to practice conscientiously the lessons of our 
beloved Order. Let us never forget the imperative 
command of our laws 'to visit the sick, to relieve the 
distressed, to bury the dead, and educate the orphan '. 
Let us not forget, moreover, that, besides good w 7 orks 
of charity, Odd-Fellowship has high and important 
lessons to inculcate; lessons that, if attentively list- 
ened to and practiced by all, would elevate the charac- 
ter of man, and hasten the coming of the promised 
day of universal peace and love. 

Brethren of Lodge, we now again deliver 

into your hands this beautiful temple you have ele- 
vated to our Order. Joy be within its walls, and 
peace a constant guest! May these walls never echo 
with the sound of an angry or unkind w 7 ord. May 
all the influences tnat flow 7 hence be good and for 
good, now 7 and for ever. Amen. 

[Calls up the Lodge.] 

Grand Chaplain. Now, unto him who is able to keep 
you from falling, and to present you before the pres- 
ence of his glory with exceeding joy, I commend 
you and the whole family of man; and to him, the 
only w 7 ise God, be glory and majesty, dominion aud 
power, now and for ever. Amen. 

[Here follows oration.] 



330 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

II— Ceremony of Laying the Corner-Stone of an Odd- 
Fellows' Hall. 

If practicable, this ceremony should be performed 
by the Grand Master, or some Grand Officer duly com- 
missioned by him for that purpose. 

Should a Grand Officer not be present, the cere- 
mony may be performed by the Noble Grand, or some 
Past Grand appointed by him. 

When the Grand Master or other Grand Officer of- 
ficiates, he, with the other Grand Officers and mem- 
bers of the Grand Lodge present, shall assemble with 
the brethren in the regular Lodge-room, or some ap- 
propriate place adjacent to the site of the new build- 
ing, and proceed in procession, in regalia, to the place 
of ceremony in the following order: 

Grand Marshal of Grand Lodge. 

Music. 

Marshal of Lodge. 

Escort— Lodge Banner— Escort. 

Outside Guardian, with drawn sword. 

Scene Supporters, with white rods. 

Members oi the Initiatory Degree, in order of juniority, two 

abreast. 
Members of the White. Pink, Royal-Blue, Green and Scarlet De- 
grees, respectively, in like order. 
Inside Cuardian, with drawn sword. 
Secretaries and Treasurer. 
Vice Grand, supported by his R. and L. Supporters, each bearing 

his wand of office. 
The Chaplain, wearing a white scarf, and supported by the Ward- 
en and Conductor, each bearing his wand of office. 
The Noble Grand, supported by his B. and L. Supporters, each 
bearing his wand ot office. 

Marshal of Encampment. 

Escort— Encampment Banner— Escort. 

Outside Sentinel, with drawn sword. 

Members of Patriarchal, Golden-Rule and Royal-Purple Degrees, 

in order of juniority. 

Inside Sentinel, with drawn sword. 

Scribe and Treasurer. 

Senior and Junior Wardens, each with crook. 

High Priest, supported by Guards ot the Tent, each with a spear. 

Chief Patriarch. 

Marshal of Grand Encampment. 

Escort— Banner of Grand Encampment— Escort. 

Grand Sentinel, with drawn sword. 



APP. V. — LAYIXG CORXER-STOXE O.F. HALL. 331 

Members of Grand Encampment, in order of juniority. 

Grand Senior and Junior Wardens. 

Grand Scribe and Grand Treasurer. 

M.E. Grand High Priest, supported by two Past High Priests, 

carrying crooks. 

M.W. Grand Patriarch. 

TBapo,* f Banner of Grand Lodge, car- i -t ?s . Pfn . t 
Escort, | ried b y Grand Herald. J isscort. 

Grand Guardian, with drawn sword. 
Members of Grand Lodge, in order of juniority. 
Grand Secretary, Grand Treasurer, 

with documents, etc., for with copper box to be de- 

deposit in box. posited in corner stone. 

Grand Chaplain, with open Bible,' 
on which is laid a wreath of flowers, supported on 
the right by the Grand Warden, carrying a silver vessel contain- 
ing water, and on the left by the Grand Conductor, car- 
rying a silver vessel containing wheat. 
Deputy Grand Master aud Orator. 
M.W. Grand Master, with gavel. 

"Note.— If no Grand Officer is in attendance, and the ceremony 
is to be performed by the N.G., or a P.G. by him appointed, 
the members of the Encampment take their place in the pro- 
cession immediately after the Scarlet members — then follow 
the P.G's, then the Secretary and Treasurer — the former car- 
rying the documents, etc., to be deposited in the box, and the 
latter carrying the copper box to be placed in the corner- 
stone ; then the V.G., with his supporters ; then the Chaplain, 
with Bible and wreath of flowers laid thereon, supported by 
the Warden on the right, carrying a silver vessel containing 
water, and on the left by tne Conductor, carrying a silver ves- 
sel containing wheat ; then a P.G. with the Orator of the day ; 
then the N.Gv, with gavel, attended by his proper supporters. 

Should the Grand Sire perform the ceremony, and the Grand 
Lodge of the United statts join in the procession, the Grand 
• Marshal of that body (with his aids; takes position at the 

head of the column, and has charge of the procession: in 
which case, -the Grand Marshal of the Grand Lodge of the 
jurisdiction will take position in front of hib Grana Lodge, 
" which shall be formed as directed, except that the officers 
named (Grand Secretary, Grand Treasurer, etc.,.) shall appear 
without the articles to be used in laying the corner-stone. The 
Grand Lodge of the United States will take position imme- 
diately after the Grand Lodge of the jurisdiction, in the fol- 
lowing order:] 

t?«™-«- f Banner of Grand Lodge of the United ) w „„„_j. 
escort. - L states, carried by Grand Messenger. / ^ SC01Z - 
Grand Guardian, with drawn sword. 
Representatives and P.G. Representatives, according to juniority 
of jurisdictions. 
G. C. and R. Secretary, Grand Treasurer, 

with documents, etc., for with copper box to be de- 

deposit in box. posited in corner-stone. 



332 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

Grand Chaplain, with open Bible, 
on which is laid a wreath of flowers, supported on 
the right by a Grand Representative, carrj i n y a silver vessel con- 
taining water, and on the left by a Grand Representa- 
tive, carrying a silver vessel containing wheat. 
Deputy Grand Sire and Orator. 
M. W. Grand Sire, with gavel, supported by two P.G. Sires. 

The procession, on reaching a convenient distance from the 
place of d-estinati jn, will halt and open to the right and left,. 
so as to allow the principal officers to pass through ; the re- 
mainder of the brethren, closing up in reversed order, will 
pass three times around the site ot the building (if conven- 
ient), while the officiating officers take their places on a 
raised platform, erected contiguous to the northeast angle of 
the building, where the corner-stone is to be laid. 

*Grand Master. My brethren, we have assembled on 
this occasion to perform an interesting and important 
ceremony: one which, we trust, will have its proper 
influence upon your hearts and minds. The spot on 
which we stand has been selected upon which to erect 
a Temple to be consecrated to the great principles of 
our Order; and we are here to-day to inaugurate the 
enterprise by laying the first foundation, or corner- 
stone, in the structure with the solemn ceremonies 
befitting such an occasion. 

The work so auspiciously begun can be consum- 
mated only by persevering effort and patient industry ; 
and we should enter upon it with a determination to 
carry it forward to completion, until its cap-stone 
shall be brought with rejoicings, and the edifice shall 
present beauty, symmetry and proportion every way 
adapted to the uses and purposes for which it is de- 
signed. 

Before proceeding to the immediate duties of the 
occasion, it is right and proper that we invoke the 
Divine blessing, without which no good work can suc- 
ceed. Our Grand Chaplain will now address tin 
Throne of Grace. 

The Grand Master gives three raps with the gavel. 

* Should the ceremony be performed by the Grand Sire, the 
title of that officer should he substituted for that of Grand Master 
A Grand Officer, or a P.G. acting for and under commission from 
the Grand Master, shall be addressed by the title of Grand Mas- 
ter. If the ceremony is performed by the N.G., or a P.G. by him 
appointed, the title of N.G. shall be used. 



APP. V. — LAYING CORNER-STONE O. F. HALL. 333 

Grand Chaplain. Thou who didst lay the founda- 
tions of the earth, and in whom alone we live and 
move and have our being, we beseech thee, of thy 
great goodness, to command thy blessing to rest upon 
the work which we this day begin : honor it with 
thine approving smile, and prosper it to its final ac- 
complishment, and to the glory of thy great name, 
■and the happiness of all mankind. Amen. 

Response by the brethren. So may it be! 

^The Grand Secretary will then read the record to be deposited 
in the stone, with a list of the documents, coin, etc., and hand 
the list, with the articles to be deposited, to the Grand Treas- 
urer, who will place the same in the box. The Grand Mas- 
ter, accompanied by the Grand Warden, Grand Conductor, 
Grand Chaplain, and Grand Treasurer, will then descend to 
the stone. The Grand Treasurer will then present the box 
to the Grand Master, who will place it in the cavity prepared 
for it, and adjust the lid. The stone will then be fitted accu- 
rately to its place/ 

Grand Master (receiving from tin- Grand Warden the 
vessel containing voter). In the name of Friendship as 
pure as this water [sprinkling it three times upon the 
atone], I lay this corner-stone: and, as it here forms 
the basis of this edifice, binding together in harmony 
and consistency the component parts of its super- 
structure, so may true Friendship ever constitute the 
foundation of our social fabric, and unite the family 
■of man in one fraternal brotherhood. 

Response by the brethren. So may it be! 

Grand Master (receiving from the Grand Chaplain the 
wreath of flowers). In Love, symbolized by these flowers 
[strewing them three times over the stone], I lay this 
corner-stone: and, as it underlies and supports this 
material temple, so may Love ever be the chief found- 
ation-stone of the moral Temple of our Order, and 
the divine sentiment of Love ever animate the hearts 
-of all its votaries. 

Response by the brethren. So may it be! 

Grand Master {receiving from the Grand Conductor the 
vessel containing wheat). In Truth, represented by this 
w r heat [strewing it three times over the stone], I lay 
this corner-stone; trusting that Truth may ever pre- 
vail over error; and that its good seed, sown in our 



334 • ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 

, • f fK u« r»pareful fruits in our lives. 

hearts, may bring forth it, f ^m m 

May the buiWmg here to b » erected to ^^^^ ^ 

^^^^^ 

stone, earnestly pra> mj; t ^ a . ll c . ardh a ] virtues 

The Grand Master and other officer, will then return* th. 
platform.] .., ^^_, 

(Lu* Jfe*r. The Deputy Grand Master will wm 

makethe proper proclamation Mogt 

Dejmfc, GrW #«*«; By directiM i tone 

the Throne of Grace. 

L The Grand Master gives three blows with the gavel. 



APP. V. — LAYING CORXER-STOXE 0. F. HALL. 335 

us by thy blessing to build upon this corner-stone a 
Temple in which shall be taught the great principles 
of Friendship, Love, and Truth, and where Benevo- 
lence and Charity shall ever exercise their kindly of- 
fices, and be a safe refuge from the deluge of man's 
passions and the discordant elements of faction and 
selfishness. 

Let thy blessing abide with those who have zeal- 
ously undertaken the work of building this edifice, 
and may they be enabled by thy good providence to 
carry it forward to entire completion. Bless, we pray 
thee, those who are engaged in the construction of 
the building; preserve them by thy mighty power 
from danger and accident while thus employed. Sur- 
round them with thy protecting care, and may their 
health and lives be. precious in thy sight and keeping. 

We earnestly invoke the continued smile of thy ap- 
proving countenance upon our wide-spread and benefi- 
cent Order. Give to it, we beseech thee, the guid- 
ance of thy Holy Spirit, and prosper it in the thing 
whereunto thou hast ordained it. Give it success in 
all its aims and efforts to benefit mankind. May it 
ever build upon the sure foundations of Truth and 
Righteousness ; and ever exert a moral influence over 
the minds and consciences of its entire membership. 

Command thy rich blessing upon the poor, the 
needy, the friendless, and the destitute, and open up 
the way and the means for their relief. Bless the 
w 7 idow and the orphan in their affliction, and give 
unto us sympathizing hearts and open hands to aid 
them and provide for their wants. 

And we pray thee, God of Love, that the period 
may soon come when discord and strife and war shall 
cease from the face of the earth, and the reign of 
peace shall be universally established ; when the law 
of Love shall control all hearts, and the nations, 
tribes and kindreds of the earth shall be united to- 
gether as a band of brothers, and shall acknowledge 
thee as their Father; and to thee we will ascribe all 
majesty, power and dominion, now and for ever. 
Amen. 

Grand Master. Brethren of , the duty as- 



336 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

signed us has been performed. We have begun a g< ><>d 
work, which it remains for you to finish. Having en- 
tered upon so important an enterprise, fail not in car- 
rying it forward to success, which I am confident you 
will achieve. I trust you will here erect a Temple 
worth}' of being dedicated to the great cause of Hu- 
manity, and which will reflect honor upon your zeal 
in its behalf 

]The Grand Master gives three blows with the gavel.] 

Grand Chaplain. * The Lord bless you and keep you ; 
the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be 
gracious unto you; the Lord lift up his fatherly 
countenance upon you, and give you peace. Amen. 

Oration. 

The procession will then re-form in the same order and return 
to the place of starting.] 



III.— Ceremony to be observed in Laying Corner-Stones. 

The following ceremony can be performed at the 
laying of the foundation-stone of a public structure, 
whenever requested by the proprietors, but not for 
buildings intended for the purposes of the Order. 

On the day appointed, the Lodge will be opened in 
due form, and the procession, formed after the fol- 
lowing order, proceed to the foundation of the build- 
ing: 

Outside Guardian. 

o , 1 

j; I Initiatp Members. ; Marshal. 

^ First Degree. 

- second Degree. 

5 Third Degree. , 

o Fourth Degree. 

£ ! Fifth Degree. 

H *■ 

Four P.G's bearing stone on hand-barrow. 
Scene Supporters. { w^h^plSu. } Scene s,1 PP<-»rter>. 



* The benediction of the Grand Chaplain may be pronounced 
after the oration, if desired. 



APP. V. — LAYING CORNER-STONE, PUBLIC. 337 

Warden - { bearin S g eC c r oppe?' plate. } Conductor. 
Supporter to V.G. { wi 7 h ic £g™£? ble . } Supporter to V.G. 

Past Graud.{ bo^bya'p.G. } Past Grand ' 

Supporter. Noble Grand. Supporter. 
Ass't Marsbal. 

Inside Guardian. 

On arriving at the foundation, the procession will 
open to the right and left, and change the rear to the 
front. The Noble Grand will, with his Vice Grand 
and Supporters, take his position on a platform, to be 
previously prepared for the purpose, near the stone — 
the Treasurer and Secretary immediately by the 
stone. A piece of music may be performed, or an 
ode sung, after which the principal workman will ad- 
dress the Noble Grand as follows : 

Principal Workman. Most Noble Sir : Being desirous 
that the foundation-stone of this building should be 
laid with appropriate ceremonies by your honorable 
Order, I have, therefore, solicited your attendance 
upon the present occasion, and hope that it may now 
be your pleasure to proceed in the performance of 
that service : the necessary preparations are all made, 
and now await your directions. 

Noble Grand. In compliance with your request, so 
politely tendered, I now proceed to discharge the du- 
ty desired, hoping that the building which will arise 
upon this foundation may reflect credit upon your 
skill, and be completed with satisfaction to the own- 
ers and profit to the workmen. 

[Tbe Treasurer will tben present to the Noble Grand "the 
things to be deposited Cgold and silver coin, laws of tbe 'Or- 
der, and otber things) ; tbe Noble Grand, receiving .them, 
shall direct the Treasurer to deposit them in the stone, nam- 
ing them aloud. The Secretary will then present to the No- 
ble Grand the copper plate, upon which must be engraven 
the purpose for which the building is intended, the name 
and officers of the Lodge by whom the stone is laid, the day 
of month and year, together with the name of the then 
Grand Sire of United States, Grand Master of State, President 
of United States, and Governor of State. The Noble Grand 
will then direct the Secretary to put it in its place, after hav- 
ing read aloud the inscription. The stone is then let down 
into its place, tbe Noble Grand proclaiming:] 
22 



338 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

Noble Grand. In the name of the Grand Lodge of 
the United States, and the Grand Lodge of the State 
of , I pronounce the first stone of this build- 
ing, intended for [here state its object], to be laid in 
regular form and order. 
Brethren. So be it. 

Music. 
An Oration. 

The procession will then return to the Lodge-room, 
and the Lodge will be closed in due form. 



APPENDIX VI. 

Funeral Ode. 

[The following highly appropriate Ode is often sung at funerals 
of members of our Order. It is the production of Rev. Bro. J.G. 
FoiyyiAN, and is copied from that excellent book for Odd-Fellows, 
Grosh's Odd-Fellows' Manual.} 

Tune, PleyeVs Hymn. 

1 Brother, to thy grave we come, 
As thy earthly course is run : 
Hearts with silent grief opprest 
Bear thee to thy home of rest. 

2 Voices from the sighing breeze, 

From the woods and leafy [leafless] trees, 
*And the faded Autumn leaf, 
Will remind us of our grief. 

3 Though in the Grand Lodge above,, 
We remember thee in love: 

Yet our Lodge has lost thee here ; 
'T is for this we shed the tear. 

4 In the earth we lay thee low : 
Yet upon thy grave shall grow 
Evergreens, like these we bring 
As our last sad offering. 

* This line may be varied to suit the season, thus : 

And the springing Vernal leaf; 
Or And the fading Summer leaf; 
Or And the Winter-seargd leaf. 



APPENDIX VII. 
gmdtguttg£-<Kerjemottie. 

(SSon 3. £>. ©erlacf; Don ber fitncoln^arf 8oge, 9lo. 437, 
Chicago, 3d., fur biefeS 2Berf iiberfe$t.) 

It n r c b c . 

9QMne s Briiber, nrir finb oerfammelt, ben lejjten SMenft, 
tueldien ber Sebenbe bem Jobteu ermeifen faun, 511 doll* 
gief)en. 2>er SDtenfdj ift 311m Sterben geboren. T*er 2arg, 
bae ©rob, bie ©ruft (priest 311 une in einer Spradje, bie 
nittjt nuBoerftanben merben faun, wit forgloe man and) 
iiber ba$ leftte Snbe bee 2Renfd)en fein mag. -EMe Sugenb 
in ifjrer ftarmlofigfett nnb Dergleidjetueifeu llnfd)ulb unb 
bte STOannjjeit mil ifjrer gemobutenftraft unb ibrem ©iolj 
ber Sriirfe, finb nirfjt meljr ale bae [dnuadje nnb roanfenbe 
filter uon bem beftimmteti ®efe£e bee Seine, uteldiee Mlee, 
tune fterblid; ift, bem ^erfall unb lobe meiljt, au8genom- 
men. 

$iefe SGSaf»rr)eit ift in bem grojjen s Budje ber 9tatur auf 
jeber feiner 3eiten eingefdjrteben. 3)a8 3d)5ne nub Grlja- 
bene, roelajee bie 2Berfe bee 2ri)5pfere urn line iiberall 
entfaltet, uereinigt furdjtbar bie uutriiglirije ©euripfjeit Don 
bem Snbe oiler Dinge, inmitten ber I'ebljaftigfeit ber 
Sftoral, bie fid) ftets bem betraajtenben ©emiitlje aufbriiugt. 

2ag auf lag merben njir aufgeforbert, unferu Steben* 
menfdjen naa) ber ©ren^e, mo fein Oieifenber jururffc^rt, 



APP. VII. — FUNERAL CEREMONY, GERMAN. 341 

311 begteiten ; aber mir geljen oom Srauerfjaufe, une mieber 
in Me gefdjaftige SBelt 511 mifdjen, forgloe oielletdjtum betr. 
ungetoiffen fiebeusftlj unb ber ©eimjjfjeit bee (Enbeev 
roeldjem allee g-leifd; fdjuell juetlt. ©r, meldjer &raft bem 
^orper giebt, otmeSBarnung ba$ ftarfe£erj lalnnt unb bie 
atljletifdje ©eftalt nteberfdjliigt, bie Scbenben Don Eieute, 
merben niorgen bie 2.obtett. 

©ie SKenfdjen erfdjeinen unb Der|"d)minben Don ber 
3?iil)ne bee fiebene, lute bet bem unruljigen ©emaffer eine 
SBelte bie anbere trifft nub ftcEj mieber Don il;r fdjeibet Sn 
ber 9Jiitte bee Sebens finb mir bent Jobe Derfallen. 3)erje« 
ntge, beffen fitppen biefer 5 one feierlidjer SBarming jejjt 
inciter bringen, mtrb ebenfolls in bem fallen unb freuben- 
lofen Strauerfjaufe [till fcin, unb ©ottee SSorfeljung fann. 
Reiner entrinuen. 

Safer une benn, fo roett bte fiefjreu baraue nefjmen, fur 
biefen SBedjfel, roeldjer une in's emige Seben bringt, Dorbe- 
reitet fein. 

SBorauf ber Kaplan folgenbee Dortragen mag: 

©ebet. 

Unfer SSater unb unfer ©ott! melcfjer bte 9luferfte§ung- 
unb ba$ ficben tft, in metdjem, mer immer glaubt, Icbcn mirb,. 
obgleid) er ftirbt; unb mer immer lebt unb an btcfi, glaubt 
uidjt fterben foil: fjore — mir bitten bid) — bie ©timmeir 
beiner Ijier Der|ammelten ©efdjopfe unb roenbe bid) nidjt 
Don unfer en bemiitfngen bitten ab. 2Sir bitten bid) 
bemutfjigft, une mit einer Uebeqengung Don uttferer ganj- 
lidjen £>itlfelofigfeit unb 3lbl;angtgfeit Don bir 311 erfiillen, 
bafj noir iiber bie Ungeroijjljeit bee Sebene unb bie ©emifj- 



342 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

fjeit beS $obe§ 311m 9Tad)benfen fommen mogen. 9larfj ber 
SBeftimmung beiner SSorfefjung I) oft bu unfern ©ruber Don 
mi8 abgerufen, unb tuir, bic uberlebenben 2>enfmaler beiner 
©arm()er$igfeit, ftnb berfatnmelt, urn fetne Ueberrefte ber 
(Erbe anjubertrauen. ©ieb un8, o@ott — tuir bitten bid) — 
beinen fjeiligen (Beift, ttielc^en bn auSgiefjeft; bermefyre 
unfer Stiffen unb beftatige unfern ©lauben an bid) f iir 
immer. — 

(<Segne unb trofte — tuir bitten bid) — biejenigen, roeldje 
bu ber 3o(jI ber ©etrfibten (jinjujufiigen fur gut befunben 
.fyoft, nrf)te fie auf Don biefem fdnveren @dj(age, f)alte fie 
<]egen ©erjnmfhing aufredjt. 5lrf)! modjteft bu il;r 95atec 
unb ifjr ®ott fein, unb Don beiner §o(je beine ©egmmgen 
liber i()re £>aubter auSgiefien !) ©egne, tyimmtifdjer SSater, 
hk 93riiber, tueldje [;ier berfatnmelt ftnb ; erfiifle fie mit 
ber 9BetS^ett beiner ©efejje unb jiefje fie 311 bir, buret) bie 
IBanbe beiner unfdjcitjbaren Giebe ; prage ifjnen bie ^3flicf>» 
ten ein, bie fie a($ ©ruber gegen einonber Imben unb if;re 
Obliegenfyeiten in ben berfdjiebenen ©erfyaltniffen be8 
nienftf)lid)en £eben$; unb fegne enblia> unfern geliebten Or* 
ben fiber ben ganjen ©rbbatt. ©einafjre feine ©runbfatje 
unb feine 3tuecfe bor IReuerungen; erf;alte ifyn bor ^tn 
^Jfeilen ber geinbfdjaft; befefyiiije u)n bor ©elbftauf* 
obferung unb fdjirmeUjn gegen QHe§ Uebel. Unb bir mer- 
ben tuir £ob barbringen immerbar. 3unen. 



APPENDIX VIII. 

Information respecting the Grand Lodge of the United 
States and the Grand Bodies of Illinois. 

Introductory Note. — The first permanent and suc- 
cessful organization of the I.O.O.F. in the United 
States was effected by the efforts of Thomas Wildey, 
when Washington Lodge, No. 1, was formed at the 
Seven Stars Tavern, Second Street, Baltimore, Md., 
April 26, 1819. Wildey, with John Duncan, John 
Welch, John Cheatham, and Richard Rushworth, 
formed this first Lodge. A ' Grand Lodge of Mary- 
land and of the United States ' was organized Feb. 
22, 1821, with Thomas Wildey as Grand Master. The 
'Grand Lodge of the United States' was organized 
January 15, 1825, with Thomas Wildey as M. W. Grand 
Master; but a year later the title was changed to 
Grand Sire, by general consent. Four Grand Lodges, 
to wit, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, and 
Pennsylvania, were represented in this organization. 

L— GRAND LODGE OF THE UNITED STATES. 

Grand Sires of the G.L. U.S.— From 1825 to 1833, 
Thomas Wildey, of Maryland, the founder. He was 
born in London, Jan. 15, 1783, and died at Baltimore, 
Oct. 19, 1861. 

Elected in 1833, James Gettys,* D.C. Geo. 1835, 
Keyser,f Md. 1836, James L. Ridgely, Md., who de- 
clined. 1837, Samuel H. Perkins, Pa. 1839, Zenas B. 
Glazier, X Del. 1841, James L. Ridgely, who declined 
again; John A. Kennedy, N.Y. 1843, Howell Hop- 
kins, || Pa. 1845, Thomas Sherlock, Ohio. 1847, Horn 
R. Kneass,2 Pa. 1849, Robert H. Griffin,^ Ga. 1851, 
Wm. W. Moore, D.C. 1853, Wilmot G. DeSaussure, 
S.C. 1855, Wm. Ellison, Mass. 1857, Geo. W. Race, 



344 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

La. 1859, Samuel Craighead, O. 1861, Robert B. 
Boylston,** S.C. [Prevented by the war from serving, 
his duties were performed bv the D.G. Sire, Milton 
M. Herndon, Ind.] 1863, James B. Nicholson, Pa. 
1865, Isaac M. Veitch, Mo. 1867, James P. Sanders, 
N.Y. 1869. Edward D. Farnsworth, Tenn. 1871, 
Frederic D. Stuart, B.C. 

* Died August 15, 1844. f Died September 19, 1837. 

t Died November 11, 1858. Died July, 1858. 

£ Died December 12, 1*61. r Died December 14, 1865. 

** Died September 5, 1865. 

Grand Secretaries G.L.U.S. — At organization in 
1825, William Williams. 1828, John J. Roach. 1829, 
John Starr, pro tern. ; Augustus Mathiot, elected. 
1833, Samuel Prvor. 1835, Robert Neilson. 1838, Wm. 
G. Cook. 1840, Wm. G. Cook, Recording Sec'y, and 
James L. Ridgely. Cor. Sec'y. 1841, James L. Ridge- 
ly, Cor. and Rec. Sec'y, and the present incumbent. 

Places of Meeting. — In Baltimore regularly, un- 
less otherwise ordered. Sessions elsewhere: Phila- 
delphia, June, 1833; Washington, Jan'y, 1834; New 
York, Aug., 1834: these three were special sessions. 
In Philadelphia, 1839, 1853; Cincinnati, 1850; Nash- 
ville, 1860; Boston, 1864; Xew York, 1S67 ; San Fran- 
cisco, 1869; Chicago, 1871. 

II.— GRAND LODGE OF ILLINOIS. 

The First Lodge in Illinois was Western Star, No. 
1, at Alton, organized Aug. 11, 1836. The next, Al- 
• ton, No. 2, at the same place, organized by P.G. Sire 
Wilder, July, 1838. Prior to the organization of the 
Grand Lodge, P.G. Sire Wildey granted warrants for 
Lodges Nos. 3, 4. and 5, and organized Nos. 4 and 5. 
He returned to Alton, and organized the Grand Lodge 
there on Wednesday, Aug. 22. 1838. By neglect of 
its members and the defunction of subordinates, the 
Grand Lodge was virtually dissolved in 1840, the last 
obtainable record of its existence dating May 14, 1840, 
when it granted a dispensation for Sangamon Lodge, 
No. 6. 



APP. VIII. — GKRAND LODGE OF ILLINOIS. 345 

In 1842, by act of the Grand Lodge U.S., it was re- 
moved to Springfield and reorganized, March 16th, 
1842, since which it has remained at work regularly. 

Meetings. — Until 1847, the Grand Lodge held regu- 
lar quarterly meetings, having the annual communi- 
cation while at Alton in August, 4th Monday. In 
1846, the constitution was amended to require semi- 
annual meetings, with the annual meeting on the 2d 
Monday of July. The constitution of 1847 provided 
only for one regular annual session, Tn July, 4th 
Tuesday. In 1850, the time was altered to the 2d 
Tuesday of October. 

Places of Meetikg. — Before 1842, at Alton. From 

1842, at Springfield, until the location was changed to 
Peoria. At Peoria in 1848, 1849, 1850. Removed 
back to Springfield, 1851. Made movable: sessions at 
Pekin, 1852; Chicago, 1853; Quincy, 1854; Jackson- 
ville, 1855; Peoria, 1856; Decatur, 1857; Freeport,, 
1858; then fixed at Springfield. In 1863 made mova- 
ble again, going in 1864 to Chicago; 1865, Blooming- 
ton; 1866, Galena; 1867, Centralia; 1868, Alton; 1869, 
Quincy; 1870, Mattoon; 1871, Ottawa; 1872, Rock 
Island. 

- Grand Masters. — 1838, Samuel C. Peirce,* No. 1. 
1839, Alex. Botkin,f No. 2. 1842, Eli Cook,f No. 6. 

1843, Thos. J. Burns,* No. 6. 1844, J. C. Doremus,f 
No. 6 ; J. L. Peake,* No. 6, to fill vacancy. 1845, Thos. 
Alsop, No. 6, now of 3Q7. 1846, Stevens S. Jones, No. 
14. 1847, Wm. M. Parker,! No. 7, afterward, No. 119. 

1848, Chas. H. Constable,* No. 35, afterward, No. 64. 

1849, Geo. W. Woodward, No. 17, now No. 148. 1850, 

D. P. Wilbanks,* No. 19; Isaac G. Wilson, f No. 47, 
fills vacancy. 1851, Henry L. Pucker,* No. 11. 1852, 
John W. Davenport,* No. 38. 1853, Wm. Rounse- 
ville,f No. 14, afterward, Nos. 163 and 14. 1854, Jas. 

E. Starr, No. 2, now No. 1. 1855, Perry A. Arm- 
strong, No. 75. 1856, Augustus C. Marsh,* No. 36. 
1857, Willis Duff Green, No. 13. 1858, Harrison W. 
Griswold,f No. 30. 1859, B. J. F. Hanna,f No. 57. 
1860, Jeremiah Griswold,f No 250. 1861, Henry S. 



346 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

Austin, f No. 109. 1862, Harman G. Reynolds, No. 6. 
1863, John G. Rogers, No. 22. 1864, Amasa Stetson 
Barry, No. 2, now No. 1. 1865, Joseph R. Scroggs,* 
No. 30. 1866, Henry S. Herr, No. 77. 1867, Jediah 
F. Alexander, No. 3. 1868, J. Ward Ellis, No. 22. 
1869, Ellis, reelected. 1870, Thomas B. Needles, No. 37. 
1871 John C. Smith, No. 17. 



D.G. Masters.— 1838, Alex. Botkin;* 1839, A. W. 
Chenoweth ; 1842, short term, Wm. D. Mitchell ; 1842, 
Christopher Giles Yates Taylor;! 1843, Joseph Sturgis; 
1844, J. L. Peake,* and M. F. Wickersham ; 1845, H. 
Gooding, Stevens S. Jones ;*f 1846, Thos. Elmes; 1847, 
W. J. Taylor; 1848, F. Scammon; 1849, D. P. Wil- 
banks ;* 1850, Isaac G. Wilson ;*f 1851, Isaac S. Hicks ;% 
1852, John Filkins; 1853, Chas. P. Dunbaugh; 1854, 
Allen C. Lewis ;J 1855, B. J. F. Hanna;*t 1856, Gus- 
tavus A. Smith; 1857, Geo. F. Croker; 1858, 0. P. 
Hathewav; 1859, John P. Foss;t I860, Joel W. Smull; 
1861, A. B. Austin; 1862, J. R. Scroggs ;*f 1863, W. W. 
"Winter; 1864, John Lake; 1865, J. F. Alexander ;*t 
1866, Edward A. Rucker;f 1867, Amos Watts; 1868, 
T. Warren Floyd; 1869, Thomas F. Mitchell; 1870, 
Richard H. Jordan ; 1871, Samuel A. Flagler. 

♦Afterward Grand Master, t Also has been G. Rep. J G. Rep. 
of G.Encampment. 

Grand Wardens.— 1838, David P. Berry ; 1839, Dan'l 
Ward; 1842, Michael Rapp; 1843, J. L. Peake;* 1844 
and '45, M. F. Wickersham; 1846, W. M. Parker;* 
1847, Morris Lindsay ; 1848, John M. Law ; 1849, J. J. 
Lescher; 1850, H. A. Foster; 1851, David B. Jackson; 
1852, John W. Shinn ; 1853, Albert G. Wolford ; 1854, 
R. Lockwood ; 1855, Tyler J. Irish ; 1856, H. W. Gris- 
wold;* 1857, W. R. Weld; 1858, C. E. R. Winthrop; 
1859, A. H. Marschalk; 1860, Lewis W. Smith; 1861, 
Albert G. Lull;f 1862, W. W. Winter; 1863, A. J. 
Sprague; 1864, Isaac W. Baldwin; 1865 and '66, John 
A. Bush; 1867, W. F. Kelsch; 1868, T. B. Needles;* 
1869, F. Bross; 1870, Charles W. Heaton; 1871, James 
H. Miller. 

* Afterward Grand Master, f G. Rep. in 1867. 



APP. Vni. — GRAND LODGE OF ILLINOIS. 347 

Grand Secretaries.— 1838, Samuel L. Miller ;f 1839, 
Alfred Shannon;! 1842, Thos. J. Burns;* 1843, Lucien 
B. Adams ;j 1846, John F. Ruhe;f 1847, Stephen A. 
Corneau,* serves pro tern, and is elected; 1856, Samuel 
Willard; 1862, James E. Starr, P.G.M. ; 1864, Samuel 
Willard; 1869. Nathaniel C. Nason. 

*Dead. f Not now members in Illinois. 

Grand Treasurers.— 1838, John M. Krum; 1839, 
JohnR. Woods; 1842, Morris Lindsay; 1844, P.G.M. 
Eli Cook; Jotham S. Rogers; C. G. Saunders; 1845, 
P.G.M. John L. Peake ; 1846, N. W. Matheny declines ; 
J. L. Peake again; 1848, Herman E. Blakeley; John 
G. Ives to fill vacancy; 1849, John G. Ives; 1855. 
James Jackson ; 1864, P.G.M. James E. Starr; 1867 ^ 
P.G.M. Amasa S. Barry. 

Grand- Representatives. — Elected 1839, Samuel 
Pry or, proxy; 1840, Augustus Mathiot, proxy; 1842, 
James Earnest, proxy; 1843, same; 1844, Wm. S. 
Stewart, proxy; 1846, Thomas Alsop;* 1847, S. S. 
Jones;* 1848, H. E. Roberts, Wm. M. Parker;* C.G. 
Y. Taylori vice Parker resigned; 1849, C. H. Consta- 
ble,* John G. Pottst vice Roberts resigned ; 1850, G. 
W. Woodward;* S. A. Corneau (G. Sec'y)t vice Con- 
stable; 1851, I. G. Wilson,* Horace F. Ash; Wm. 
Rounseville j went vice Wilson ; Ash resigned ; 1852, 
H. L. Rucker,* Wm. Rounseville vice Wilson; but 
the G.L.U.S. gave the seat to Wilson ; 1853, H. S. Aus- 
tin; 1854, William Rounseville;* 1855, Jas. E. Starr,* 
Geo. W. Woodward* vice Rounseville; 1856, P. A. 
Armstrong;* 1857, A. C. Marsh;* 1858, W. Duff 
Green;* 1859, H. W. Griswold;* 1860, B. J. F. Han- 
na;* 1861, Jeremiah Griswold;* 1862, E. A. Rucker; 
1863, Jere. Griswold ;* 1864, John P. Foss ; 1865, J. Gris- 
wold; 1866, J. R. Scroggs,* A. G. Lullj vice Griswold 
resigned, Samuel WillardJ (G. Sec'y) vice Scroggs de- 
ceased ; 1867, John G. Rogers* vice Scroggs deceased, 
H. S. Herr;* 1868, J. F. Alexander;* 1869, John G. 
Rogers,* resigned ; Daniel L. Shorev;t 1870, J. Ward 
Ellis* (2 years); Louis Furst; 1871^ Thomas B. Nee- 
dles.* 

* Past Grand Master, t P.G.M. of G.L. of Pennsylvania. : Ap- 
pointed, not elected. 



348 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

Charters Granted. — At or before Annual Meeting 
of 1838, Xos. 1-5; 1840, Xo. 6; 1842, Xos. 7 and 8; 1844, 
Xo. 9; 1845, Xos. 10-14; 1846, Xos. 15-20; 1847, Xos. 
21-31; 1848. Xos. 32-42; 1849, Xos. 43-56; 1850, Xos. 
57-76; 1851, Xos. 77-98; 1852, Xos. 99-114; 1853, Xos. 
115-134; 1854, Xos. 135-162; 1855, Xos. 163-189; 1856, 
Xos. 190-215; 1857, Xos. 216, 244, 246; 1858, Xos. 245, 
247-265; 1859, Xos. 266-280; 1860, Xos. 281-291; 1861, 
Xos. 292-297; 1862, Xos. 298-303; 1863, Xos. 304-306; 
1864, Xos. 307-311; 1865, Xos. 312-321; 1866, Xos. 322- 
339; 1867, Xos. 340-356; 1868, Xos. 357-378; 1869. Xos. 
379-407; 1870, Xos. 408-440; 1871, Xos. 441-466. 

Greatest number in any one year, 33 in 1870; next 
greatest, 30 in 1857. Least since 1844, three (3) in 
1863. 

Membership i>" successive years, as reported to the 
G.L.U.S.— 1838, Xo. 1, 47; 1839, G. Lodge, 97; 1840, 
1841, no reports; 1842,143; 1843,190; 1844, no reports ; 
1845, 223; 1846, 690; 1847, 1,004; 1848, 1,720; 1849, 
2,518; 1850,3,291; 1851,4,035; 1852,4,787; 1853,5,205; 
1854,6,676; 1855,8.308; 1856,9,832; 1857, 11,044; 1858, 
10,549; 1859, 10,562; 1860, 9,810; 1861, 8,031; 1862, 
6,248; 1863, 6,836s 1864, 7,390; 1865, 8,553; 1866, 10,- 
512; 1867, 12,191; 1868, 14,407; 1869, 15,040; 1870, 16,- 
887; 1871 (June 30), 18,566; 1871 (Dec. 31), 19.287. 

Digests. — The first Digest ordered by the Grand 
Lodge was ordered in 1852, to be made by the Grand 
Secretary; but that officer, S. A. Corneau, took one 
made by Rep. Willard, of 43, which was appended to 
the Journal of 1852, and is now in the Revised Jour- 
nal, Vol. I, without change except in its references to 
the Journals. This is the work referred to as the 
Illinois Digest in Journals of 1853 and 1854. 

A revision of this was, by order of the Grand Lodge, 
appended to the Journal of 1854, made by the same 
person. This is the one referred to in the Journal of 
1855. It is not now to be had. 

The Constitution having been considerably amended 
in 1855, Rep. Willard prepared another revision of 
the first Digest, which was appended to the Journal 
of that year. This is the one referred to in Journals 



APP. VHI. — GRAND LODGE OF ILLINOIS. 349 

of 1856 to 1863 inclusive. The edition of the Journal 
of 1855 was long ago exhausted, and this digest can 
not be had. 

In 1857, P.G. Edward L. Norton, of No. 163, prepared 
a more extensive work, known as the Odd-Fellows' 
Code, or Norton's Code. The edition of this was ex- 
hausted within two years. It is referred to in the 
Journals of 1857 and later. It was not an official 
work, but a private enterprise. 

In 1863, G. Sec'y Starr proposed that the Grand 
Lodge have a new and very elaborate Digest prepared 
by Past Grand Sec'y Samuel Willard, the same who 
prepared the others, and that it be issued in book 
form, for sale. This being enacted, the Digest was 
prepared during the following year, and presented 
at the session of 1864; it is referred to in the Journals 
of 1864 and later years as the Illinois Digest, or Will- 
ard' s Digest. Its title is "Digest of the Laws of the 
I.O.O.F., for Illinois." An edition of 1500 (beside a 
copy to every Lodge in the Journal of 1863) was com- 
pletely exhausted in October, 1869. Sundry move- 
ments for a new edition resulted, in 1870, in an agree- 
ment of the Grand Lodge with P.G. Rep. Edward A. 
Rucker for the preparation and publication of anoth- 
er Digest. The fatal illness of that eminent brother 
prevented his writing the book; and a committee, 
Past Grand Masters Rogers, Ellis, and Needles, em- 
powered by the Grand Lodge in 1871, employed P.G. 
Sec'y Willard to prepare this volume. 

A table by which the sections of the Digest of 1864 
can be compared with this volume will be found just 
before the Index. 

Volumes of the Journal. — The Journals of the 
Grand Lodge from organization to 1852 inclusive were 
revised and reprinted, bv order of the Grand Lodge, 
in 1860 : these form Vol.' I. 

The Journals of 1853-4-5-6-7 are not yet revised and 
reprinted; but, in anticipation of such action, they 
are reckoned as making Vol. II, but not referred to 
as such in the Digest. 

Vol. Ill, uniform in style with the reprinted Vol. 



350 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

I, begins with the Journal of 1858, and ends with that 
of 1865. 

Vol. IV began with the Journal of 1866, and ended 
with 1870. 

Vol. V, began with the Journal of 1871, and will 
end with that of 1875. See § 871. 

A table showing how the pages of the Journal cor- 
respond with the years of the sessions is given here- 
after, p. 352. 

III.— GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF ILLINOIS. 

The Grand Encampment of Illinois was organized 
in Peoria, July 24, 1850, by D.D. G. Sire Charles H. Con- 
stable; Encampments Nos. 1, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13. 15 and 
16 were represented. The first Subordinate Encamp- 
ment, Wildey, No. 1, was established at Alton by 
P.G. Sire Wildey, during his visit in 183*; Chosen 
Friends, No. 2, at Galena, was also established by 
P.G. Sire Wildey, the same year. Lebanon, No. 3, at 
Springfield, and Illinois, No. 3, at Chicago, both hav- 
ing the same number by mistake, arose soon after the 
revival of the Order in the state. 

G.E. Meetings. — Annual sessions only, and always 
at the times and places of the regular sessions of the 
Grand Lodge of Illinois. 

Grand Patriarchs. — Elected in 1850, Charles H. 
Constable; 1851, James E. Starr; 1852, Thos. J. Burns; 
1853, N. H. Dearborn;* 1854, B. J. F. Hanna; 1855, 
John W. Shinn; 1856, Charles Trumbull; 1857, Hor- 
ace G. Anderson;* 1858, Nicholas P. Iglehart;* 1859, 
Henry S. Herr;* 1860, John Carson Smith;* 1861, 
David Simms;* 1862, Allen C. Lewis;* 1863, Robert 
Dodds Landers;* 1864, Albert S. Babcock;* 1865, 
Samuel Willard;* 1866, Rev. Charles Perkins;* 1867, 
Dr. J. O. Harris;* 1868, James S. Ticknor;* 1869, 
Louis Furst; 1870, D. W. Jacoby; 1871, Abram H. 
Lichtv. 

* Also, G. Rep. of G.E. 

Grand Scribes. — 1850, Stephen A. Corneau, elect- 
ed; 1856, Samuel Willard ; 1862, James. E, Starr; 1864, 
N. C. Nason. 



APP. Vm. — GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF ILL. 351 

Grand Representatives. (Attendance in G.L. U.S. 
is always the year after election, but is always on the 
year of appointment. G.E. 111. had but one repre- 
sentative at a time prior to 1857. ) Elected 1850 and 

1851, P.G.M. John G. Potts; 1853, Isaac S. Hicks; 
1854, A. S. Barry, vice Hicks, resigned; 1855, 1ST. H. 
Dearborn ;* 1857, Samuel Willard, G. Scribe, appoint- 
ed to new seat, gained by increase of membership; 
A. S. Barry, elected for 2 years; W. "W. Danenhower, 
fori year; 1858, Horace G. Anderson;* 1859, Nicho- 
las P. Iglehart;* 1860, Henry S. Herr;* 1861, John 
C. Smith ;* 1862, David Simms ;* at this time the G.E. 
111. was not entitled to a second representative, from 
loss of membership; but, Smith being in the army, 
Simms appeared as the representative ; 1863, John P. 
Foss was appointed, vice Smith, resigned; A. C. Lew- 
is,* elected; 1864, Robert D. Landers;* 1865, A. S. 
Babcock;* 1866, John C. Smith;* 1867, Chas. Per- 
kins;* 1868, J. O. Harris;* 1869, J. S. Ticknor;* 1870, 
J. F. Alexander; 1871, J. S. Ticknor.* 

* Previously G.P. 

Encampments Instituted. — Reported in or chartered 
at the session of 1850, Nos. 1-16; 1851, Nos. 18 and 19; 

1852, Nos. 17 and 20; 1853, Nos. 21-24; 1854, Nos. 25- 
6-7; 1855, Nos. 28-9; 1856, Nos. 30-36; 1857, Nos. 37- 
45; 1858, Nos. 46-7; 1859, none; 1860, Nos. 48-50; 1861, 
none; 1862, Nos. 51-2; 1863, No. 53; 1864, Nos. 54-5; 
1865, Nos. 56-60; 1866, Nos. 61-69; 1867, Nos. 70-80; 
1868, Nos. 81-92; 1869, Nos. 93-103; 1870, Nos. 104-111; 
1871, Nos. 112-126. 

Membership as Reported to the G.L. U.S. — 1851, 
221. 1852, 39. 1853, 334. 1854, 371. 1855, 499. 1856, 
627. 1857, 1034. 1858, 1081. 1859, 1143. 1860, 1028. 
1861, 1009. 1862, 962. 1863, 1006. 1864, 1215. 1865, 
1376. 1866, 1809. 1867, 2253. 1868, 2911. 1869, 3168. 
1870, 3336. June 30th, 1871, 3639. Dec. 31st, 1871, 
3945. 

Journals of the G.E. — Volume II begins with the 
Journal of 1866. The Journal for 1871 ends with page 
196: it contains the G.E. and Subordinate Constitu- 
tions as most recently revised. 



APPENDIX IX. 

Reference Tables. 



I. — TABLE SHOWING THE RELATION OF 
PAGES OF THE JOURNAL G.L. ILL. TO THE 
YEARS OF THE SESSIONS. 

As the references in the Digest are generally by 
volume and page, the date of any law or decision 
does not appear; but by this table it may be found, 
unless it be in the Constitutions, By-Laws! or Rules of 
Order. For instance, by this table it appears that the 
laws of I 200 date in 1864, being on pages III, 507, 512, 
and IV, 313, according to the references. 



Tear. 


Volum 


e. Pages. 


Year. 


Volume. 


Pages. 


1838 


Vol. 


I, pp. 1 to 4 


1856 


Vol. II. not reprinted. 


1839 


• ' 


" 4" 9 


1857 


" " 




1842 


' ' 


" 15 " 23 


1858 


Vol. Ill, pp. 


1843 


' ' 


" 25 ; ' 31 


1859 




• 73 • • 148 


1844 


' ' 


" 31 " 36 


1860 


' * 


' 149 • • 228 


1845 


' ' 


" 36 " 46 


1861 


' ' 


' 229 " 288 


1846 


' ' 


" 46 " 77 


1862 


' ' 


' 289 " 416 


1847 


' • 


" 78 • ' 112 


1863 


1 ' 


' 417 " 480 


1S48 


1 ' 


' ' 113 ' ' 156 


1864 


*' 


' 481 i " 544 


1849 


' '. 


' « 157 " 188 


1865 


' ' 


• 545 " 652 


1850 


' ' 


" 1S9 " 230 


1866 


Vol IV. 


• 1 • ' 120 


1851 


' ; 


' ' 231 ' ' 268 


1867 


' « 


• 121 ' 184 


1S52 


' ' 


' ' 269 ■ ' 319 


1868 


' ' 


' 185 • ' 268 


1853 


vol. ir 


not reprinted. 


1S69 


' « 


' 269 • ' 372 


1854 






1870 


1 ' 


• 373 • • 500 


1855 


' : 


.-< << 


1871 


Vol. V. 


• 1 • • 124 



II.— TABLE SHOWING THE RELATION OF THE 
JOURNAL OF THE G.L.U.S. TO THE YEARS 
OF ITS SESSIONS. 

This table will show the date of all U.S. enactments 
and decisions, excepting those of the Constitution 
and By-Laws. Thus, \ 335 is from U.S. 3739: this table 
shows that p. 3739 is in the journal of 1865, which is 
the date of that decision. The laws combined in \ 371, 
pp. 1391, 2146, 3234, are of the years 1849, 1853, and 1860. 



APPENDIX IX. — REFERENCE TABLES. 



353 



Year. 


Page. 


Page. 


Tear. 


Page. 


Page. 


1821 from 41 to 49 


1847 from 1007 to 1136 


1822 < 


49 ' 


51 


1848 ' 


1137 ' 


' 1382 


1823 


51 ' 


61 


1849 


1383 ' 


' 1538 


1824 ' 


62 ' 


73 


1850 


1539 ' 


' 1682 


1825 ' 


74 ' 


78 


1851 


1683 ' 


' 1824 


1826 ' 


79 ' 


83 


1852 


1825 ' 


' 1980 


1827 < 


84 ' 


90 


1853 


1981 ' 


' 2202 


1828 < 


90 ' 


95 


1854 ' 


2203 ' 


' 2394 


1829 ' 


96 ' 


105 


1855 ' 


2395 ' 


' 2546 


1830 < 


106 ' 


111 


1856 ' 


2547 ' 


' 2690 


1831 < 


112 ' 


117 


1857 ' 


2691 ' 


' 2848 


1832 ' 


118 < 


121 


1858 ' 


2849 ' 


' 3020 


1833 


121 ' 


152 


1859 ' 


3021 ' 


' 3164 


1834 ' 


152 « 


' 181 


1860 < 


3165 ' 


' 3304 


1835 < 


182 ' 


210 


1861 


3305 ' 


' 3406 


1836 < 


211 ' 


226 


1862 < 


3407 ' 


' 3506 


1837 < 


227 ' 


261 


1863 ' 


3507 ' 


' 3610 


1838 < 


262 * 


294 


1864 


3611 ' 


' 3728 


1839 ' 


295 ' 


332 


1865 


3729 ' 


' 3S66 


1840 ' 


333 ' 


363 


1866 


3867 ' 


' 4058 


1841 


364 * 


426 


1867 < 


4059 ' 


' 4230 


1842 < 


427 * 


516 


1868 ' 


4231 ' 


' 4438 


1843 < 


517 ' 


604 


1869 ' 


4439 ' 


' 4698 


1844 ' 


605 « 


720 


1870 ' 


4699 ' 


' 4964 


1845 ' 

1846 ' 


721 ' 
841 ' 


840 
' 1006 


1871 


4965 ' 


' 5270 



III.— TABLE FOR COMPARING WILLARD'S IL- 
LINOIS DIGEST OF 1864 WITH THIS VOLUME. 

The first column shows the numbers of the sections 
In the Digest of 1864: opposite each number is the 
number of the section which contains the same law 
in the new Digest, added to or altered as may be re- 
quired by the newer enactments or decisions. Many 
sections are, of course, identical in the two works ; but 
this table does not discriminate those that have been 
changed. Thus, opposite old § 263 is put for the new 
numbers §§ 531, 532; but very considerable addition 
has been made in the rewriting. If a law was tem- 
porary and has expired, it is marked Dead, or Dropt; 
if repealed, out. | 350 is noted with '645 and ouV ; 
part was carried into new § 645, and part repealed. 
§ 368 is noted ' Out; see 669 ' : in new § 669 it will be 
seen that old §368 is repealed. .§415 is noted '749, 
742 ' ; one of these shows that a part old 415 is re- 



364 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS* DIGEST. 



tained ; the other, that another part is repealed. \ 579 
is noted ' 994, out ' : the new 994 shows the repeal of 
old 579. §221 is noted '352 and refs': old 221 was 
not carried to any sections of the new Digest in recog- 
nizable form; but new 352 and its references will 
show where to find all that is retained of it. 

The Supplement of 1868 to the Digest of 1864, l\ 671- 
799, is included therein. For other comparison, use 
the Indexes. The reason for inserting this table is 
that references to the Digest of 1864 may be made 
intelligible by the new Digest. Thus, Jour. G.L. 111. 
V, 90, refers to Willard's Digest §210: this table 
refers the reader at once to § 332 of this volume. 



1 . 


. 1,2 


35 . 


. 80 


69 . 


. 122 


2 . 


. 6, 7. 13 


36 . 


. 81 


70 . 


. 123 


3 . 


. 10, 19 


37 . 


. 87 


71 . 


. 124 


4 . 


. 11, 12 


38 . 


. 79 


72 . 


. 131 


5 . 


. 14 


39 . 


. 78 


73 . 


. 133, 134 


6 . 


. 16 


40 . 


. 74, 75 


74 . 


. 135. 136 


7 . 


. 18, 17 


41 . 


. 60,73 


75 . 


. 138 


8 . 


. 20 


42 . 


. 88 


76 . 


. 132 


9 . 


. 10, 28, 556 


43 . 


. 96 


77 . 


. 141 


10 . 


. 3 


44 . 


. 97 


78 . 


. 178. 179 


11 . 


. 4.24 


45 . 


. 101, 102 


79 . 


. 183, 184 


12 . 


. 34, 308 


46 . 


. Out 


80 . 


. 185, 187 


13 . 


. 37 


47 . 


. 103 


81 . 


. 59. 186 


14 . 


. 48 


48 . 


. 104 


82 . 


. 188 


15 . 


. 52 


49 . 


. 105 


S3 . 


. 189 


16 . 


. 38 


50 . 


. 107 


84 . 


. Dead 


17 . 


. 45 


51 . 


. 108 


85 . 


. 181 


IS . 


. 46 


52 . 


. 109 


86 . 


. 182 


19 . 


. 19, 165, 57 


53 . 


. 110 


87 . 


. 161 


20 . 


. 65 


54 . 


. 873 


88. 


. 192. 193 


21 . 


. 61 


55 . 


. 129, 130 


89 . 


. 194. 195 


22 . 


. 63 


56 . 


. 89 


90 . 


. 196 


23 . 


.47 


57 . 


. 91, 92 


91 . 


. 198 


24 


. 9 


58 . 


93 


92 . 


. 201 


25 


. 64 


59 . 


. 94 


93 . 


. 203 


26 


. 66 


60 . 


. 95 


94 . 


. 208 


27 


. 67 


61 . 


. Ill 


95 . 


. 207 


23 


. 68 


62 


. 112 


96 . 


. 143 


29 


. 70 


63 . 


. 113, 114 


97 . 


. 144 


30 


. 71 


64 . 


. 115, 213 


98 . 


. 145 and out 


11 


. 73 


65 . 


. 116 


99 . 


. 149 


32 


. 813 


66 


. 120 


100 . 


. 150 


33 


. 76 


67 


.117 


101 . 


. 151 


84 


.77 


68 


. 121 


loa . 


. 152 





APPENDIX IX. 


— REFEBENCE TABLES. 355 


103 . 


.153 


154 . 


.271 


205 . 


.319 


104 . 


. 155, 156, <*out 


155 . 


. 272 


206 


. 320 


105 . 


. 154 


156 . 


. 273 


207 . 


. 324, 328 


106 . 


. 157 


157 . 


. 274 


208 . 


. 329. 330 


107 . 


. 164 


158 . 


. 275 


209 


. 331 


108 . 


.166 


159 . 


. 276 


210 


. 332 


109 . 


. 167 


160 . 


. 278 


211 


. 334 


110 . 


. 168 


161 . 


. 281 


212 


. 336 


Ill . 


. 170 


162 . 


. 287 


213 


. 338 


112 . 


.171 


163 . 


. 288 


214 ■ 


. 341 


113 . 


. 172 


164 . 


. 290, 289 


215 ■ 


. 342, 343 


114 . 


. 175 


165 . 


. 291 


216 - 


. 344 


115 . 


. 174 


166 . 


. 292 


217 • 


. 345 


116 . 


. 176 


167 . 


. 294 


218 • 


. 346 


117 . 


. 214 


168 . 


. 295 


219 • 


. 350 


118 . 


. 216. 217 


169 . 


296 


220 • 


. 347, 348 


119 . 


. 218.219 


170 . 


302 


221 . 


. 352. and refs- 


120 . 


. 220 ; see 230 


171 . 


. 304 


222 


. 354 


121 . 


221 


172 . 


. 305,306 


223 


355 


122 . 


. 222 


173 . 


. 307 


224 • 


. 357. 358 


123 . 


. 223 


174 


309, 312 


225 - 


. 359 


124 . 


. 227 


175 . 


. 313 


226 • 


. 360 


125 . 


. 228 


176 . 


. 314 


227 • 


. 362 


126 . 


. 226 


177 . 


. 310, 312 


228 - 


. 364 


127 . 


. 241 


178 . 


. 315. 316 


229 ■ 


. 367 


128 . 


. 229 


179 . 


. 317' 


230 ■ 


. 369 


129 . 


.224 


180 . 


. 318 


231 . 


. 658,371 


130 . 


. 225 


181 . 


. 825 


232 . 


. 370,373 


131 . 


. 233, 234, 235 


182 . 


. 826. 827 


233 • 


. 376 


132 . 


. 236, 237 


183 . 


. 828 


234 - 


. 372, 374 


133 . 


. 239 


184. 


. 829 


235 - 


. 380 


134 . 


. 240 


185 . 


. 383 


236 • 


. 484 


135 . 


. 243 


186 . 


. 384 


237 • 


. 486. 487 


136 . 


. 242 


187 . 


. 388 


238 . 


. 488,489 


137 . 


. 244,245 


188 . 


. 389 


239 . 


. 491 


138 . 


. 246 


189 . 


. 392 


240 . 


492 


139 . 


. 247 


190 . 


. 393 


241 . 


. 493 


140 . 


. 248, 256 


191 . 


. 395. 396 


242 . 


. 494 


141 . 


. 250, 251 


192 . 


. 397 


243 . 


. 496 


142 . 


. 252, 253 


193 . 


. 398, 399 


244 . 


. 497 


143 . 


. 254 


194 . 


. 400 


245 . 


. 498, 499 


144 . 


. 255 


195 . 


. 401,402 


246 . 


. 500 


145 . 


. 257 


196 . 


. 403 


247 . 


. 504 


146 . 


. 260 


197 . 


. 404, 407, 415 


248 . 


. 506, 507 


147 . 


. 261 


198 . 


. 417 


249 . 


. 510 


148 . 


. 262 


199 . 


. 418,419 


250 . 


. 512 


149 . 


. 263 


200 . 


. 420 


251 . 


. 513 


150 . 


. 265 


201 . 


.421 


252 . 


. 515 


151 . 


. 266 


202 . 


.423 


253 . 


, 516, 518 


152 . 


, 267, 269 


203 . 


. 424 


254 . 


. 519 


153 . 


,270 


204. 


. out, 219 


255 . 


. 520 



356 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 



256.. 521 .522 307 .. See 620 


257 583 308 . . 622. 623 


258.". 524 309.. 624 


259 526 310 . . 62o 


260 . . 527 . ' 


ill . . 626 


261 . . 528 


312 . . 628 


262 . . 529, 530 


313 . . 431 


263 .. 531.532 


314 . . 435. 436 


264 . . 533 


315 . . 437 


265 . . 534 


316 . . 439, 440 


266 . . 535 


317 .441 


267 . . 536 


31S . . 442 


268 . . 537 


319 . . 443 


269 . . 538 


320 . . 444 


270 . . 542 


321 . . 446 


271 . . 543 


322 . 447 


272 .. 544, 545 


323 . . 448 


273 . . 546 


324 . . 451 


274 . . 547, 548 


325 . 452 


275 . . 549 


3-26 . . 453 


276 . . 552 


327 . . 457 


277 . . 553, 554 


328 . . 461 


278 . . 557 


329 . . 465 


279 . . 558 


33U . 472 


280 . . 559 and out 


331 . . 473 


281 . . 563 


332 . 474 


282 . . 564 


333 .477 


283 . . 565 


334 . 478 


284 . . 566 


335 . . 479 


285 . . 567, 808 


336 . . 480 


286 . . 568 


337 . 481 


287 . . 569 


338 . . 482 


288 .. 571 


i 339 . . 483 


289 . . 572 


340 . . 629 


290 . . 575 


341 . . 630, 631 


291 . . 578. 235 


342 . . 634. 635 


292 .. 582,581 


343 . . 636, 637 


293 . . 580. 595, & out 


344 . . 638 


294 . . 577 


345 . . 639 


295 . . 596, 597 


346 . . 640 


296 . . 598 


347 . . 641 


297 . . 601 


348 . 642, 643 


298 . . 602 


349 .. 644 


299 . . 603 


350 . . 645 and out 


■300 . . 604. 605 


351 . . 646 


301 . . 606-7-8-9 


352 . . 649 


302 . . 610, 611 


353 . 651 


303 . . 612 


354 . . 653 


304 . . 613 


355 . . 652 


305 . . 615,616 


356 . . 655 


306 . . 617 


357 . . 659 



358 .. 660, 661 

359 . . 663 and out 

360 . . 665 

361 . . 666 

362 . . 668 

363 . . 670 

364 . . 671 

365 . . 673. 675 

366 . . 674 

367 . 676 

368 . Out; see 669 

369 . . 677 

370 . . 678 

371 . 679 

372 . . 680 

373 . . 681 

374 . . 682 

375 . . 684 

376 . . 686 

377 . . 690 

378 . . 692. 695 

379 . . 693 

380 .. 694 

381 . . 696 

382 . . 697 

383 . . 698 

384 . . 700 

385 . . 702 

386 .675. 703 

387 . 704 
38S . . 705 

389 . . 706 

390 . . 707 

391 . . 70S 

392 . . 664 

393 . . 709 

394 . . 710 

395 . . 711 

396 . . 713 

397 .. 714-5-6, & out 

398 .717 

399 . . 718 

400 .. 719 

401 . . 720 

402 . . 721 

403 . . 722 

404 . . 723 

405 . . 726 

406 . . 727 

407 .. 729 

408 . . 731 



APPENDIX IX. — REFERENCE TABLES. 



35T 



460 . 

461 . 



464 . 

465 . 

466 .. 

467 .. 

468 . 

469 . 

470 .. 

471 . 

472 . 

473 . 

474 . 

475 . 

476 . 

477 . 

478 . 

479 . 

480 . 

481 . 

482 . 

483 . 

484 . 

485 . 

486 . 

487 . 

488 . 

489 . 
490 

491 . 

492 . 

493 . 

494 . 

495 . 

496 . 

497 . 

498 . 

499 . 

500 . 

501 . 

502 . 

503 . 

504 . 

505 . 

506 . 

507 . 

508 . 

509 . 

510 . 



809, 811 

810 

812 

815 

Out by 817 

818 

819 

820 

821 



831-3-4 
836 

837 
838 
840 
841 
843 
844 
849 
850 
852 
853 
854 
855 
856 
857 



861 
862 
863 



869 

875 



512 . 

513 . 

514 . 

515 . 

516 . 

517 . 

518 . 

519 . 

520 . 

521 . 

522 . 



890, 891 

891 

894 

895 

896 

Dead 

900 

901 

904- 

905 



523 . . 906 

524 . . 405 



525 . 

526 . 

527 . 

528 . 

529 . 

530 . 

531 . 

532 . 

533 . 

534 . 

535 . 

536 . 

537 . 

538 . 

539 . 

540 . 

541 . 

542 . 

543 . 

544 . 

545 . 

546 . 

547 . 

548 . 

549 . 

550 . 

551 . 

552 . 

553 

554 



909 

919 

910 

386 

911 
. 912 

916 
. 913 
. 915 
. 914 
. 928 
. 929 
. 930 

931 
. 932. 937 
. 934F^ 
. 935. 936 
. 939 
. 940 
. 943 
. 946 
. 947 
. 948 
. (Hit 
. 951 
. 952 
. 953 
. 954 
. 955 



212 and out 


555 . 


. 958 


879 


556 . 


. 959 


880 


557 . 


. 960 


881 


558 . 


. 961, 926 


882. 883 


559 . 


. 962 


886 


560 . 


. 963 aud out 


887 


561 . 


. 964 



358 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. 



562 . 


. 966 


613 


. 1042 


664 


. 874 


563 . 


. 967 


614 


. 1043 


665 


. 200 


564 


. 968 


615 


. 1047 


666 


. Dead 


565 


. Dead 


616 


. 1048 


667 


. Out 


566 . 


. 971-2 


617 


. 494 


668 


. Out 


567 . 


. 973 


618 


. 49 


669 


. 984 


56S . 


. 1050, 976 


619 


. 56 


670 


. Out 


569 


. 978 


620 


. 74 


671 


. 90 


570 . 


. 981 


621 . 


. 204, 205 


672 


. 126 


571 


. 983 


622 


. 986 


673 


. 126 


572 . 


. Dead 


623 


. 425 


674 


. 114 


573 . 


. 988 


624 


. 426 


675 


. 116 


574 . 


. 990 


625 


. 427 


676 


. 119 


575 . 


. 993. 1003 


626 


. 428 


677 . 


. 118 


576 . 


. 996 


627 


. 147 


678 . 


. 180 


577 . 


. 997 


628 


. 161 


679 . 


. 190 


578 . 


. 1004 


629 


230 


680 . 


. 158 


579 . 


. 994, out 


630 . 


. 283 


681 . 


. 160 


580 . 


. 1005 


631 


293 


682 . 


. 159 


581 . 


. 1079.1084 


632 . 


. 233, 235 


683 . 


. 162 


582 . 


. 1085 


633 . 


. 826 . 


684 . 


. 297 


583 . 


. 1086 


634 . 


634 


685 . 


. Dropt 


584 . 


. 1006 


635 . 


. 424 


686 . 


. 161 


585 . 


. 1007, 1008 


636 . 


. 212 


687 . 


. 167 


5S6 . 


. 1009 


637 . 


. 330 


688 . 


. 230 


587 . 


. 1010 


638 . 


. 377 


689 . 


. 231 


588 . 


. 1013 


639 . 


. 366 


690 . 


. 268 


589 . 


. 1014 


640 . 


. 368 


691 . 


. 266 


590 . 


. 1024 


641 . 


. 378 


692 . 


. 280 a 


591 . 


. 1017 


642 . 


. 351 


693 . 


. 280 6 


592 


. 1016 


643 . 


. 350 


694 . 


. 282 


593 . 


. 1025, out 


644 . 


. 381, 1023 


695 . 


. 303 


594 . 


. 1027-8 


645 . 


. 353, and out 


696 . 


. 827 


595 . 


. 1029 


646 . 


. 567 


697 . 


. 394 


596 . 


. 1030 


647 . 


. 571 


698 . 


. 391,570 


597 . 


. 1035, 1037 


648 . 


. 430 


699 . 


. 414 


598 . 


. 1062 


649 . 


. 471 


700 . 


. 404 


599 . 


. 1064, 1066 


650 . 


. 454 


701 . 


. 408 


600 . 


. 1049 


651 . 


. 470 


702 . 


. 424 


601 . 


. 1071 


652 . 


. 476 


708 . 


. 327 


602 . 


. 1072-3 


653 . 


. 455 


704 . 


. 335 


603 . 


. 1075 


654 . 


. 450 


705 . 


. 326 


604 . 


. 1078 


655 . 


. 725 


706 . 


. 337 


605 . 


. 1059 


656 . 


. 647 


707 . 


. 332 


606 . 


. 1060 


657 . 


. 665 


708 . 


. 333 


607 . 


. 1061 


658 . 


,627 


709 . 


. Out, 33( 


608 . 


. Dead 


659 . 


. 730 


710 . 


. 742,736 


609 . 


. 1040 


660 . 


. 748 


711 . 


. 349 


610 . 


. 1046 


661 . 


. 773 


712 . 


. 353 


611 . 


. 1045 


662 . 


. 525 


713 . 


. 355 


612 . 


. 1041 


663 . 


. 811 


714 . 


.865 





APPENDIX IX.- 


— REFERENCE TABLES. 


715 . 


. 367 


744 . 


. 788 


773 . 


.1015 


716 . 


.367 


745 . 


. 573 


774 . 


. 942 


717 . 


. 485 


746 . 


.210 


775 . 


. 1002 


718 . 


.496 


747 . 


. 806 


776 . 


. 1053 


719 . 


. 525 


748 . 


. 922, 824 


777 . 


. 1054 


720 . 


. 505 


749 . 


. 823,846 


778 . 


. 1055 


721 . 


.517 


750 . 


. 833 


779 . 


. 1057 


722 . 


. 511 


751 . 


. 842 


780 . 


. 969 


723 . 


. 540 


752 . 


. See 874 


781 . 


. 1052 


724 . 


. 541 


753 . 


. 213 


782 . 


. 1082 


725 . 


. 551 


754 . 


. 918 


783 . 


. 1018 


726 . 


. 539 


755 . 


.517 


784 . 


. 1001 


727 . 


.576 


756 . 


. 206 


785 . 


. 1039 


728 . 


. 567 


757 . 


. 209 


786 . 


. 1000 


729 . 


. 808 


758 


. 974 


787 


. 1056 


730 . 


. 594 


759 


. 945 


788 . 


. 979 


731 . 


. 583 


760 . 


. 991 


789 


. 1080 


732 . 


. 622 


761 . 


. 989 


790 


. 1012 


733 . 


. 434,435 


762 


. 975 


791 


. 982 


734 . 


. 438 


763 


. 998 


792 . 


. 1067 


735 . 


. 197, 199 


764 . 


. 992 


793 


. 980' 


736 


. 656 


765 . 


. 1071 


794 


. 1033 


737 . 


. Dropt 


766 


. 1020 


795 


. 1031 


738 . 


. 662 


767 


. 1044 


796 


. 1091 


739 . 


. 677, 684 


768 


. 1022 


797 


. Dropt 


740 . 


. 691 


769 


. 1026 


798 


. 950 


741 


. 690 


770 


. 1036 


799 


.1087 


742 


. 699,768 


771 


. Dropt 






743 


. Out, 747 


772 


. 1045 







INDEX. 



®W The figures refer to the sections.""^, 

ABSCONDING of accused, how treated, 674. 

ABSENCE. Of G. Rep. from duty under laws of his G. Body ex- 
cusable if at G.L.U.S., 17 ; from his jurisdiction, liable to pen- 
alty of removal, 18 ; from G.L.U.S. does not of itself forfeit seat, 
17.' 
Absence of Petitioners from institution, 171. 
Absence of Officer : excusable when caused by sickness, etc., 
239; may not be granted by Lodge, 239, 251; pro tern, appoint- 
ment in case of. 241 ; proxy filling of office not legal, 250; fine 
for absence not avoided by proxy, 250 ; in absence of N.G., the 
V.G. acts, 263, 265, 266, 267; N.G. gives excuse for absence to 
Lodge, V.G. presiding. 268; V.G. absent and all P.V.G's. S.D. 
member fills chair, 270"; leave of absence not given by card , 527 ; 
not an offense unless with neglect of duty, 651 ; fining for, 72? ; at- 
tendance on divine service as cause of absence, 728 ; absence by 
remote residence not excusable, 729; fine for absence not to 
be remitted without legal excuse, 730; maybe noted and re- 
ported by members if no meeting is held, 796. 
Absence of Deputy , installation by N.G. or C.P..289. 
Absence of Member, who takes card, order for A.T.P.W. given, 
497; absence from ranks of I.O.O.F. at funeral, though in other 
society, finable, 627 ; no trial in absence. 673 ; may be treated as 
absconding, 674; or expelled for contempt, 675, but not if de- 
fense is made in writing, or waived, 676 ; absent member may 
elected, 224, or put on committee, 820. 

TSee Abscoxbisg, and Nox-Attendance.] 

ABSTINENCE not to be introduced into by-laws of L. in place 
of temperance, 644, note. 

ACCLAMATION, election by, 221. 

ACCOUNTS. Presented in G.L., 81; Accounts of G.L. kept by 
G.Sec'y,113; G. Treas. presents account at session, 116; exam- 
ined by Com. Finance, 135. 

In Sub. Z., kept by Per. Se'c'y, or Sec'y, 278, 271 ; error in, to 
be corrected 280, b; Treas. keeps acc't of expenses, 281; acc'ts 
of financial officer must be settled before W. card can be 
claimed, 527; accounts and business of members not to be ex- 
amined by L. in case of controyersv, 642, 643. 

ACTS OF INCORPORATION, .pa^/es 300-303. [See Incorpora- 
tion.] 

ACCUSED. (Defendant in a trial.) Dep'y may not be attorney 
for, 163 ; tried and punished by his own L. only (except change 
of venue, 701j, 630 ; to be tried, eyen if dropped for N.P.D. while 
under charges, 638 ; outline of trial, 656 ; accused may be ac- 



362 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' DIGEST. — INDEX. 

G£B* The figures refer to the sections. "§3S 

ACCUSED — Continued. 
cuser, 661; if acquitted, can not demand name of complainant, 
665; if he is officer, is not displaced while under charges, 669; 
exceptions, 95; must have copy of charges and be cited, 670: 
when he may and may not be tried, general statement, 672; if 
he refuses to stand trial, not tried, but expelled for contempt, 
673; may be cited by mail or notice left at residence, 674; must 
attend trial, 675, or otherwise make defense, waiver, or plea 
676; if holder of W. card, it is revoked. 680; witnesses for ac- 
cused summoned, and he notified of taking testimony, 681; to 
be notified of taking deposition, and may file interrogatories, 
682; to have full opportunity for defense, 690; may not vote on 
his own case, but may in other case, 693; trial only at regular 
or specially-called meeting, 697; accused confessing, penalty 
may follow without trial, 698, 702; may not be arraigned for one 
offense and found guilty of another, 699; may have change of 
venue if impartial trial can not be had in his Lodge, 702; may 
appear after change of venue as before, 702; if suspended or 
•dropped or without S.A.P.W., must be admitted for trial, 703 ; 
can not be tried twice for same offense, 704; his written defense 
not a paper of the case unless he makes it so, 708 ; should have 
reasonable access to documents, 708; presumed innocent until 
found guilty, 718; can not be tried anew when acquitted on ap- 
peal. 768; may appeal from penalty inflicted after confession, 
as too severe, 769. 

[See Charges. Trial, Offexse, etc.] 

ACCUSER. How to bring charges or make complaint, 660, 662 ; 
one under charges niay be accuser, 661 ; can not withdraw in- 
formation unless false, 661; name of accuser concealed, 663; 
name given to L. if complaint is malicious, 664, 665. 
[See Trial and related titles.' 

ADDRESSES. Of each G.M., G.P., G. SecV, "and G. Scribe, re- 
ported to G.L.U.S. and put into Journals, 62. Address at funer- 
als, 624. Address to chairs, obligatory, with 3 exceptions. 918. 
Address (that is, Lecture) laws governing, restraining, and al- 
lowing, 921. 

ADJOURNMENT. Is proper in a Lodge, and requires closing 
the Lodge, 817. 

ADMISSION BY CARD. Subject to local law for persons over 
fifty, 323; applicant for is a candidate, 328; L. not obliged to 
grant, 341; governed bylaws of residence, 332, 337, 338, 342,343; 
no period of residence required before application, 337; consent 
of G.M. necessary to obtain, out of State, 338; N.G. examines 
applicant for, 344; irregular adm. by card not void, 371; person 
so joining to be introduced and sign constitution, 373; no cere- 
mony of introduction prescribed, 374 ; one suggested, page 313- 
14; card remains in L. upon admission, 375; but may be with- 
drawn unless election creates membership, 375 ; fee for adm. by 
card, 385; applicant must have A.T.P.W., or is Ancient,. 498, 
344; if applicant is rejected, card returned as received, 535; adm. 
by card not revoked by returning card, 658; allowed on Dism. 
Certif., 744, cl. 9; admission to non-beneficial membership, 323, 
381, 382; adm. by card is on written petition, with fee and card, 
355; election on verbal application only invalid, 359; but valid 
if consummated, 359; brother not obliged to reveal bodily de- 
fects, 345 ; a charter member is one admitted by card, 166, 167, 
171, 386, 389. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS* DIGEST. — INDEX. 363 

» 
E^* The figures refer to the sections.' = W& 

ADMISSION, as member or visitor. L. may not refuse for im- 
niorality or irregularity, 547; but may for violence, insult, dis- 
order, indecency, 547, 548; not obtained otherwise than in reg- 
ular manner, 545 ; must be allowed to every brother who is cor- 
rect, and in proper time, etc., and in regalia, 799. 
[See Visiting.] 

ADVEETISEMEXT. Use of name, title, emblems, etc., in ad- 
vertising is prohibited, 620; advertising times and places of 
meeting advised, 898. 

AFFIDAVIT not to be required of a brother claiming benefits, 
451. 

AGE. No old age a disqualification by general laws, 324, nor by 
Illinois law, 328 ; by-laws may not fix limit, 325 ; applicant must 
be 21 yrs, 324 ; some over 50 may join non-beneficial, 381, 382, 323 ; 
left to local law outside X. America, 324 ; admission under age 
not void, 371 ; fraudulent misrepresentation of age may be in- 
vestigated even after death, and benefits refused, 648, 469, 465; 
admission by mistake of age without fraud, no action needed, 
635. 

AID, Pecuniary. Lodge desiring applies to G.L., 198; G. 
Master may authorize further application, 98, 198; G. Sire can 
not authorize Subs, under G. Bodies to ask, 27, 199; circular, 
form of, 198, and page 31Q ; discouraged for loss by fire, and for 
individual loss, 200; unauthorized application not to be enter- 
tained, 199; maybe given new Lodge or Reb. Degree L.,417; 
G. Body may use funds from extinct Subs, for aid, 426. Aid to 
sick member, even non-beneficial, to be repaid, 473. 
[See Relief, Charity, Donation.] 

ALAEM. Bell-ringing or public alarm to call a meeting not al- 
lowed, 794. 

AMENDMENTS. I. Of Const. G. Body, must go to G.L.U.S., 
and how, 4 ; not valid until approved. 4 ; action under amend- 
ment before approval is void, 42 ; adopted legally by specified 
majority of members present, unless otherwise required, 41; 
convention may propose, 43. 

II. Of Const. Q.L. III. How proposed and acted on, 79. 

III. Of Const. Sub. L. III. Amended at any session of G.L. 
without notice, 79, 830, but not by L., 830. 

IV. Of By-Lavjs Subs. Must be submitted to G.L., 833, ex- 
cept sundry, 834 ; must be adopted according to law, 839. 

V. Of Records, how made, and when, 807. 

ANCIENT ODD-FELLOW. Defined, 350 ; may deposit card for 
membership, 350 ; or enter on examination, 3o0 ; not reinitiated, 
350; holder of current W.C. without A.T.P.W. is A.O.F., 344; 
members not included in revival of their defunct L. admitted 
as A.O.F's, 351; fee for adm. of A.O.F. not less than §5, 385; 
member of extinct Sub. not admitted, as A.O.F. without card, 

ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORDER, is April 26th ; observance 
urged, 896 ; right of subordinate to pay expenses of celebration, 
406 ; right to assess tax therefor denied, 418. No anniversary 
celebration to held without permission of G.M., 204: this law 
Interpreted, 206, 

[See Fksttvai,.] 

ANNUL. Annulment of W. Cards partly under local legisla- 
lation, 65, cl. 8 ; allowed only for trial, 520 ; to take place within- 



364 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 

EW The figures refer to the sections.*"®® 

ANNUL— COXTINTTED. 

the year, 531; creates quasi-memhership for trial only, ggg* 
done when charges are brought before Lodge. 680 ; surrender of 
card on demand of L. is same as annulling, 532. 

Election of unworthy candidate annulled, 366, 370; or of can- 
didate disabled before initiation. 377. 
ANTJ:-ROOM.-See T.odge-boom. (Legally, the ante-room is 

part of the Lodge-room.) 
APPEALS. To G.L. U.S. May be submitted to G. Sire by G M 
G.P., or G.B., 20, 772 : generally decided according to local laws' 
39; repair errors of G. Bodies. 96; protect subordinate. 179; po- 
sition of Pub. during appeal, 180; by whom legallv taken 770* 
facts must be settled before coming to G.L. U.S.. 773; must he 
printed, and how, 774; and brought at following session of G L 
U.S., 775: G. Pep. may vote on appeal from his G.L.. 787. 

To G. Body. Presented in G.L.. 81 : in recess, decided bv G 
Master, 97: examined by Com. Judiciary and Com. Appeals' 
136, 137: in appeal, error in previous claim may he corrected' 
468; appeal for benefits claimed must be taken in legal time 3 
months. 472: on appeal, decision of Sub. L. on claim for benefits 
not to be reversed unless hasty or improper. 483- appeal 
allowed on refusal of card, 517: allowed in trial after ohanee 
of venue. 702; how G. Bodies may entertain. 757 : appeal laws 
of 111., 758; to be examined by G. Sec'y. returned for correction 
or forwarded to G.M. for decision, 759: may be demanded bv 
G. Sec'y or G.M., 760: may not be prohibited or conditioned 
by L., 760 ; may be taken against action of L. or Pep'v bv anv 
party or member. 758: must be taken in time set 3 mo«" 7fii • 
must be on suitable grounds. 762; not taken on incidental quest- 
ions in trial, but on entire case. 764 : if appeal avers informality 
or unfairnesss, it can be sustained only on that ground 765- if 
law of G. Body limits appeal to points of law. regularity and 
fairness, facts can not be reviewed, 766: if L. alone has power 
to fix penalty, G. Body can not disturb its sentence on appeal 
766 : appeal confers no privilege, etc.. 767 ; party acquitted bv g' 
Body on both law and facts can not be retried. 7fi8; may he 
taken against gride of penalty by confessing brother 769- if 
appeal is argued before committee of G.L., Sub. L must hav« 
notice, 786. 

BST Action of G.L. 111. on appeals, and list of most important 
cases, 771. 

To Deputy. Questions of law in L. go by appeal to Pep'v 158 - 
he decides them officially on appeal onlv, 159: it may he taken 
verbally, 160: but in writing if he is absent, and how 160 

On Questions of Law, goes from ZST.G. to Lodge, then' to "DepV. 
then to G.M.,80i. K ** 

On Points of Order, etc. How presented in G.L.. 83- G Mas- 
ters should not deny appeals. 96 : in Sub. L., goes from N G to 
Lodge, wh^se decision is final, 801, 845. 
APPELLANT, files notice, 758: who mar be appellant. 758; no 
conditions may be imposed upon bv L., 760: should set forth 
grounds of appeal, 763. 

[See Appeals.1 
APPOINTMENT of Officers, in G.L.U.S., 19; in G.L. 111.. 88, 95. 
97 ; in Sub L., pro tempore, by presiding officer, 241 : right of 
appointment not controlled by Lodge, 24L 

Of Committees : see Committees. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — LtfDEX. 365 

*&ir The figures refer to the sections. ,"&&. 

APRON. Is worn by initiate, 596 ; part of Encampment regalia, 
1071 ; historj- of use and abolishment, 597; reference to G. Sire's 
power respecting, 24. 

[See Regalia.] 

ARMY. Benefits not to be denied to brothers in army, 465, 471 ; 
movable Lodges in army not allowed, 183; residence of brother 
having family is not in army, 65o. 

ARREARS.— see Dues, No>*-Payhent, Dropping. 

ASSESSMENT. I. By G. Body. Once laid per capita by G.L. 
U.S., 33 ; within tue essential power of G. Bodies, 54. 

II. By Subordinate. May be made for purchase of regalia, 
413 ; may be levied to carry out purposes of Order, 418 ; but only 
when necessary, 413, 418; may be made for funeral expenses, 
music included, 409 ; assessment to be made when minimum ot 
cash in treasury is reached, 410; rignt and necessary, to pay 
benefits,, 419 ; may be enforced under by-law not sent to G.L., 
835 ; or under one subsequently repealed, 83o. 
Special assessments or taxes called dues, 383. 

ASYLUMS, for orphans and valetudinarians, referred to local 
legislation, 65, cl. 5 ; G. Lodges requested in 1870 to provide, 923 ; 
Lodges authorized to establish, 923. 

A.T.P.W.— See Passwords. 

ATHEIST. Not eligible to membership, 324. 

ATTORNEY. Deputy may not be for defendant, 163 ; can not 
be admitted for defense unless member of the Order, 691. 

BALL.— See Festival. 

-BALLOT, i Mode of voting by balls on election of candidates 
and on result of trials: also, elections of officers are said to be 
by ballot: for ballot in elections, see Electiox.j 

One white or 3 black balls make lawful ballot, 362; every 
proposition reported on must be balloted on, 362, and separate- 
ly, 361 ; L. may postpone ballot some times, 362 ; ballot exam- 
ined by N.G. andR.S., and result declared, 255, 362; three black 
balls reject, 364; ballot must be secret, not exposed by voter, 
-363, nor inquired into in anv way, 363, 651 ; may be taken over 
at once, before result is declared, on suspicion of error, 364, or 
.at once after result if challenged for error, 365 ; new ballot in 
case of irregularity ordered by L., not by N.G. ,366; law for one 
reconsideration, 367; in case of rejection, voter can not change 
-his ballot, 368; ballot annulled, report awaits action, 369; no 
ballot on rejected candidate for 6 mos.,380; Deputy may not 
.set aside ballot except for legal reasons, 161. 

Ballot necessary on giving W. Card, 517, but not on Vis. Card, 
518; had on election to degrees, on evening of application, 559, 
separately on each candidate, 562; if degrees are refused, no 
Jiew ballot for 6 rnos., 563 ; no ballot on giving Reb. Degree, 578; 
Jior on admission of members of Reb. D. L._, 586, III, 2; but 
such ballot is legal unless local law forbid, o91 ; all votes on 
charges and penalty in trials are by ballot, 694. 

BALTIMORE. Place of office of G.C. & R. Sec'y G.L.U.S., and 
generally of meeting of the G.D.U.S., £28; place of founding 
; of the Order, page 343. 

IBANNER, see Flag. Political banner not to be put up on 
Lodge-room, 208. 

BENEFICIAL i that is, entitled to receive benefits). Such only 
can have funeral benefit, 432; degree rank not necessary to be- 



866 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest.— index. 

B&" The figures refer to the sections.~&l 

BENEFICIAL — Continued. 
come beneficial, 443; member may become such during sick- 
ness, 449 ; but can not make bimself so during sickness by pay- 
ing arrears, 448; one suspended for cause is beneficial on rein- 
statement, if dues have been paid, 467; bro. ceasing to be bene- 
ficial loses all benefits, before and after death, 480 ; bro. brought 
into L. by revoking W. Card is not beneficial, 532. 

BENEFITS. Payment of weekly benefits a distinguishing char- 
acteristic of the'Order, 434; larg'ely subject of local legislation. 
65, part 5; agreement of candidate not to claim is void, 322; not 
to be allowed to non-beneficial member, 382, part 4; tax should 
be levied, if necessary, to pay benefits, 419; unadjusted claim 
for benefits not to be offset against dues except by L., 423 ; Subs, 
are sovereign as to amount and disposition of benefits, under 
law, 430, 442; to be paid to all qualified members, at rates fixed 
by by-law. 431, 435; half-benefits may be allowed for disability 
not confining to room. 431; benefits can not be suspended by 
dispensation, 436; but local legislation determines whether L. 
with exhausted treasury and not paying benefits can continue, 
436; benefits not to be given contrary to by-laws. 437; or to one 
too much in arrears, 453 ; rate of benefits being reduced by by- 
laws during a sickness. G.L. would not order the former rate 
continued to the sick brother, 438 ; benefits to be given for every 
entire week, but not for parts, 439, 440; half-benefits having 
been paid, the full may be afterward allowed, 441 ; benefits can 
not be claimed by holder of W. Card, even by his paying dues 
in advance, 442; on joining L., right to benefits depends on its 
laws, 442; L. may not require any degree rank as qualification 
for benefits, but may give greater benefits to S.D. members, 443 ; 
acceptance of benefits not to be compelled, 444; refusal when 
tendered cuts off claim during that sickness, 444; bro. allowing 
himself reported out of care resigns claim, and can not renew 
it, 445 : benefits not due to one too much in arrears, unless ben- 
efits due balance the arrears. 446; L. must adjust indebtedness 
with members, and allow benefits if due on adjustment. 446; 
benefits not due to one guilty of getting them fraudulently, or 
for sickness caused by immorality. 447 ; not to be gained by dis- 
qualified by paying up arrears, 448; due to one who becomes 
beneficiary during sickness, 449; deprivation of benefits con- 
sequence of N.P.D.. and of that only. 722, 754 ; benefits after re- 
instatement from dropping for X.P.D.. time of fixed by by-law 
or by Lodge, 450; evidence of sickness may be required or bro. 
away from home before payment, 451: if by-law requires no- 
tice of sickness sent ; benefits not cut off from one who can not 
send, 452; such notice goes to N.G., V.G., Visiting Com., or 
open L.,454; case of loss of benefits by arrears of brother in 
army, 455 ; case of loss by lack of notice, 456 ; if bro. is brought 
into arrears by error of officer, he does not lose benefits, 463 ; to 
be paid on Vis. Card erroneously given forW.C.,464; decided 
cases in which L. may not refuse benefits, 465 ; benefits not to 
depend on attendance at Lodge-meetings, 650 ; for illegal refusal, 
member may appeal to G.L. ,465; one suspended for cause, if 
dues are kept paid, beneficiary on reinstatement, 466; if bene- 
fits are withheld by mistake of law or fact, they must be 
granted on discovery, 467, and all consequences of error set 
aside, 467, 280, &; benefits lost by fraud In Joining Order, etc., 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 367 

BSg~ The figures refer to the sections.^Wa 

469; benefits forfeited, even after death, from immorality caus- 
ing sickness or death, 447, 470; disability from army service or 
change of occupation does not avoid benefits, 471 ; on refused 
claim appeal must be taken in due time, or it is forfeited, 472 ; 
rate of benefits to be indorsed on Vis. Card, 474 ; L. issuing Vis. 
Card bound for benefits, how much, etc., 474; benefits to be 
paid on certificate of Gen. Relief Committee, 475 ; amount of 
benefits, if paid in gold, can be claimed only in legal-tender 
notes, 476 ; L. is bound for benefits, but not for other relief, 477 • 
amounts given widows or orphans not benefits in law, 479; all 
benefits cease when member is no longer beneficial, 480 ; proper 
claimants of benefits are widows, orphans, dependent rela- 
tives, 481, but not legal representatives, creditors, etc., 481 ; ben- 
efits not in all cases accruing to one disabled for usual occupa- 
tion, 482; benefits not due, prima facie, to one able to look after 
business, though sick. 483 ; disqualification for benefits may be 
indorsed on V. Card, 528; benefits not due to one reinstated af- 
ter dropping, unless by-law allows them, 752; brother brought 
into quasi-membership for trial not entitled to benefits, 532 ; 
when charges bear on_the right to benefits, the payment is sus- 
pended till decision, 718; unless by-laws prohibit, N.G. may 
draw on Treas. for benefits without order of Lodge or attesta- 
tion of Sec'y, 261. 

Funeral Benefit. To be paid from general fund unless special 
fund is created, 414 ; and only to beneficial member, 432 ; not 
less than $20, to be disposed of by Order of L., 431 ; distinction 
between F. Benefit and F. Expenses : the former to family, the 
latter paid only for actual expenses, 457; F.B. belongs not to 
dying brother, but is for benefit of family, and not alienable 
by him, 459 ; reward offered by L. not to come out of F.B., 460 ; 
F.B. may be given for brother's wife, 461 ; no F.B. for brother's 
widow. 462. 

BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. G.L. may not prescribe con- 
stitution to voluntary association in the Order, 44; Benev. 
Assoc'n may be organized of persons having Beb. Degr.,'594,595 ; 
but sucn voluntary association can not use the work of the 
Order, or meet as a Lodge, 594, 595. 

BLACK BALL.— See Ballot. 

BLACK-BOOK, to be kept by every L., and how, 711. 

BLIND not admissible by initiation, and why, 329. 

BOND, given by G. Sec'y and by G. Treas. to G.L. by corporate 
name, 115, 116; may be required of Per. Sec'y, amount to be 
fixed by by-law, 279 ; Treas. gives bond before installation, and 
how, 281 ; if not given prior to beginning of installation, he can 
not be installed : L. can not accept it while installing officer is , 
in chair, 303 ; bond for one term will not answer for another, 303 ; 
an old bond altered over is not allowed, 303 ; Trustees not named 
in bond of Treas. nor am't fixed by by-law, 282 ; blank furnished 
by G. Sec'y, 282 ; form given, page 321. 

BOOKS.— See Chabse-Books, Effects, Work of the Or- 
der. 

BY-LAWS. I. Of G. Bodies, need not be sent ta G.L.U.S., 4 ; 
By-Laws G.L. 111. given, page 275. 

II. Of Subords. Constitution empowers to make B.L., 831 ; 
this their only legislative power, 179 ; B.L's and amendments 
must be sent to next regular session of G.L. for approval, 



368 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS DIGEST. — INDEX. 

BSP The figures refer to the sections.^&Qi 

BY-LAWS — Coxtixued. 
though binding until disapproved or repealed, 833, 835: exam- 
ined in G.L. by Judiciary Com., 136; GL, not sustained in 
altering B.L's when they conform to laws already, must 
approve B.L. on subject over which Sub. L. has by law full 
authority, 832; B.L's not annulled by amendments of Const. 
Subs, unless conflicting, 83u: G.M. has not the power to 
approve the B.L's of Lodge, nor can he or Dep'y set them 
aside in any way, 836; B.L's should not contain superfluities or 
reenact general laws, 837 ; may not be set aside, even by unani- 
mous vote, 83V, adoption of new code totally repeals the old, 
despite consent or custom, 840; sundry matters not allowed in 
B.L's, 841; B.L. requiring use of S : "*'s illegal. 842; no by-law 
needed for election of Per. Sec. 223 ; nor filling offices pro tern,, 
241 ; B.L's assess fine for absence, 254, 721 ; may require N.G. to 
call special meetings for some cases, 263; must fix definite 
rates ol dues, initiation and degree fees, 384, 386, 387 ; may de- 
termine custody of fee deposited before admission, 390 ; expend- 
itures may be regulated by by-laws, but no B. L. is necessary 
for expenditure recommended by authority, 412 ; B.L. fixes rate 
of benefits, and qualification, 431,435; B.L's absolutely govern 
the giving of benefits, 437; B.L. may give benefit on death of 
wile, 461: B.L. regulates payment to widow or orphan, 479; 
B.L. pledging funds to certain uses and prohibiting others may 
prevent donations, 480; B.L. may not provide for charges and 
trials, 709; B.L's which in any way abridge the privileges and 
rights of members before trial are illeKal, as they suspend 
without trial, 719; B.L's may provide disability for arrearages, 
and to fine absentees, etc., 721 ; B.L's in matter of penalty must 
conform to G.L. laws. 726: B.L's may be altered on price of cards 
and evening of meeting without going up to G.L., 834; B.L. 
may not forbid use of title ' Brother ', 911. 

III. Of Keb. Degree, Lodge. May be made by the R.D. Lodge, 
subject to approval of G.L., 584, part 6; 586* VI; such B.L's 
prescribe clues, relief, time of meeting, and for dropping for 
N.P.D.,580. IV and VI. 

BROTHER. I Title by which members address or speak of oth- 
ers in the Lodge-room, or among themselves. I Title not to be 
forbidden in public by by-law, 911. Suspended member, cut 
off from all privileges i 716 i, loses right to this title for the tune. 
(Jour. G.L. 111.1,174.; 

" BULL-RING." Use forbidden. 917. 

BURIAL. Duty of every L. to bury all unsuspended I mem- 
bers, and pay funeral expenses. 433,626; payment of burial ex- 
penses beside funeral benefit not illegal. 458; burial of brother 
away from home, law of claim for expenses, 474; burial by L. 
required, by committee only forbidden, 626. 

BUSINESS. May be transacted under 'Good of the Order ', 804 ; 
Order of business in Charge-Books not imperative, onlv its 
character, 803; G. Bodies of 111. may authorize Sobs, to do busi- 
ness in Scandinavian tongues; G.L. 111. has so done, 2U. 
See Occupation.] 

CALIFORNIA. Benefits can not be refused to brothers living 
in California or in hazardous climate, 465 : benefits paid to sick 
brother from 111. in Cal. can be claimed of his Lodge in legal- 
tender notes only, not in gold. 476. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 369 

*13f" The figures refer to the sections. ,= WSi 

CANDIDATE. 1. (One who applies for membership in a Lodge 
or Encampment.) Is either applicant for initiation or by card, 
327; may not be refuse* I for religious belief. 3-4; may 'not be 
initiated except where elected, 335; how to be proposed for 
membership, 355; elected candidate may be rejected by L. be- 
fore initiation, 370 ; not to be examined when presenting him- 
self for admission except as provided in Charge-Book, 372; can 
be initiated on night of election, 376; disabled candidate need 
not be admitted, 377; name may be withdrawn before report 
of committee, 357, 802. 

[See Membership, Rejection, Election.] 

2. (Applicant for degree is called candidate, 562.) 

[.See Degrees.] 

3. (Member voted for for office.) In G.L., must be nomin- 
ated before election, 89 ; name having lowest number of votes 
dropped at each ballot, 89. In Sub. L., candidate must be in 
nomination. 222; election by acclamation or ballot, 221 ; may 
not be required to retire during ballot, 224; may be elected in 
his absence, 224; must be free from all charges, 233. 

[See Eligibility, Election.] 

CANVASSING for votes for office not necessarily an offense, 
651. 

CAPITATION TAX.-See Tax. 

CARD. A certificate of past or present standing in a Lodge or 
Encamp 't, issued by Lodge or Camp, with a recommendation 
of the holder. 

I. Without distinction of kind. G.L.U..S. has prescribed forms 
of Visiting and Withdrawal Cards; none to be used but those 
sold by that body, 504, 8/2; countersigned by G.C. and R. Sec'y, 
not by G. Sec, 504; when issued, signed by N.G. and Sec'y [or 
C.P. and Scr.], and by holder in presence of one giving A.T. 
P.W. which goes with it, 504; sealed, 504; rank of holder en- 
tered in it, 504; what are traveling, final, permanent and clear- 
ance cards, 504; southern cards issued during war in emergen- 
cy to be recognized, 505 ; card is only prima-fucie evidence of 
standing, 503; not to be refused to qualified bro. asking it, but 
not to one suspended, dropped, or under charges, or indebted 
for dues, 506; not refused to one going into hazardous climate, 
506; card granted by L. can not be withheld by Sec'y, if fees 
are paid, 512; granted by vote only, 516; may be granted at 
special meeting, 518, 791 ; holders amenable to 'the subordinates 
that issued them, and subject to penal laws, 519; entitled to 
visit during currency (1 yr. W.C. and specified time, V.C.j, 519; 
no other recommendation to be given by L. but card or certifi- 
cate in lieu of it, 526 ; mode of visiting on card, 538 ; card not con- 
clusive evidence of rank ; but P.G. by card is to be recog- 
nized as P. G., 539; error of card not to be overlooked or cor- 
rected by Lodge to which it is presented, 541 ; visitor by card 
may or may not be examined at each visit, 542; card without 
A.T.P.W. does not admit to visit, 544; application for card lies 
over during pendency of charges, 680, 718 ; price of card set by 
by-law. 834; by-laws may not legislate on cants except on price 
and payment of it, and delay of W.C. for one week, 841; cards 
are supplies, 872 ; all void not issued by U.L. U.S., 504, 872; price 
as sold by G. Sec'y. for cash only, 874, 875; not sold to private 
parties, and delivered only on order of Lodge or to Reps, at 
24 



370 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 

&^* The figures refer to the sections. "^& 

CARD — Coxtix i ed. 
session lit (i.L..\."i. \?s ; card not given in real name to one who 
joins by assumed iiame.912; order for A.T.P.W., must accom- 
pany card sent to absent brother, 4<»7 : application for card 
must tint be required to come through a particular officer. 510. 

II. Visiting Cards. Bro. taking Y.»'. pays dues in advance 
for the time for which granted. :'.!is; officer exempt from dues 
by law pars dues on taking card. :{!ifl; time of currency deter- 
mined by issuing body, 521 : Y.< !. to be returned when expired, 
521; can not be recalled or nullified, except for offense, 5580; 
currency ofV.C. can not be prolonged, new card in stead, 522; 
V.C. becomes invalid if Lodge issuing becomes defunct, etc., 
'>-■'•: holder of it may act card from <C Sec'y, 524: holder of V. 
C. is liable to all assessments levied by Lodge during hi- ab- 
sence. 400; if V.C. is given by L. by mistake for \V.< '. and relief 
is given on the card, issuing k. must pay it. 4H4 : course to pur- 
sue if V.C. is presented without holder's signature, 540 ; bene- 
fit- may not be refused io holder of valid V.C. without in- 
dorsement of disqualification. -iii">. cl. 7: beneficiary disqualifi- 
cation is pr< p -r!y certirk-d on V.('...">2>: issuing L. or E. respon- 
sible for amount of benefits stated in card, -i74 ; L. may not re- 
quire Y.c. to he attached to evidence of sickness and relief, 
451 : in case of death, relieving k. or committee sends Y.( '. with 
evidence and claim. 474 : if officer takes V.C. and leaves home 
avowedly for long time. k. may vacate his office, 247; holder 
of expired V.C. may be introduced by (4. Officer, 129; grant of 
V.C. to officer is matter of course, and gives do have of ab- 
sence, 52, : and deprives of no right or privilege, 527; holder of 
V.C. has right to claim courtesies, and assistance in sickness 
or distress. 519. 

III. Withdrawal Cards. Membership in L. lost by taking W. 
C, ceasingas soon as card is voted by L.. 319: membership in 
Order lasts for a year: holder has good standing, can visit, and 
is responsible for conduct. 319,913; he has no claim on issuing 
L., even by agreement or paying dues. 442; rights in L. joined 
by deposit depend on its laws, 442; holder of W.C. can not 
rejoin issuing L. except in usual way, 346; may deposit W.C. 
with application lor charter. 1U7: or for admission to any L. 
subject to election thereto. 341; W.C. valid if issuing L. be- 
comes defunct after its date. 523, :S41 ; card of Manchester Unity 
or other Order of no value in I.O.O.F., 341 : Lodge card of no 
use in Camp, and do vtrsa, :\\\ : card deposited for member- 
ship in L. remains there if membership is consummated, :;75 ; 
is sent in with petition, 3.55: holder of W.C. is Ancient O.F. on 
expiry of year of his card, 350. 

W.C. should not be granted if there is reason to refuse V.C, 
506; W.C. not to be refused to bro. who owes for money loaned 
on security, 5n7; may be refused to financial officer who has 
not settled his official accounts and given up property of L. f 
527 ; application for W.C. must be made in person or in writing, 
510; W.C. granted on proxy request is void if bro. refuses to 
accept it, 510; L. may require application for W.C. to lie over- 
one week. 841 ; under such law, card granted without delay is 
illegal, and L. may rescind its action, the brother's connection 
is not severed, 511 ; otherwise, the vote granting a W.C. may 
not be reconsidered or rescinded, 533; on regular application, 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 371 

HGiF The figures refer to the sections. "W&. 

W.C. must be granted in absence of charges, or if refused, a 
certificate of resignation may be claimed or tendered, 509, 517; 
member may appeal to G. Body against refusal, 517; vote 
granting card on conditions is illegal and void, 511 ; between 
application and vote, charges may be preferred, arresting action 
on it, 514; N.G. may not entertain application for W.C. while 
information is in his hands, 515 ; ballot vote of L. necessary to 
grant W. Card, majority granting, 516, 517; application may be 
withdrawn at any time"before vote is taken, 516. 

If W.C. is granted to bro. in debt for dues, by mistake on 
account, etc., L. can not call on him for the amount of debt,, 
unless fraud is shown, 513 ; but if he has paid in advance, his pay- 
ments must be refunded, 513; if W.C. is voted but not taken, 
and bro. still pays dues, he is not member, and dues are to be 
repaid, 513 ; legal vote to grant W.C. severs all connection and 
cuts off all claims on L. or Order, except right to visit and to 
deposit card, 519; W C. at end of year invalid for visiting, but 
is evidence of former standing, 529; when W.C. is ln.st-or de- 
stroyed, duplicate or certificate of issue may be granteo, and 
how, 529, 530; W.C. may be annulled during year lor cause, 
charges of offense before or after W.C. was granted, 531; an- 
nulment brings holder into quasi-membership in L. for trial 
only, 532; if acquitted, the annulled and surrendered card is re- 
turned to brother, o32 ; or if he is suspended, at end of suspen- 
sion card returns to him, 532 ; L. may demand surrender of card,, 
which is same as annulment, 532; but holder may voluntarily 
surender W.C.-', which is resignation from the Order, 534 ; W.C. 
is property of holder, and may not be marked or indorsed to 
his discredit by L. to which he offers it on deposit, 535 ; after 
application for membership, it is his till membership is con- 
summated , 375, 535. 

If wife of O.F. holding W.C. has Reb. Degree, she may sit in 
Reb. Degree meeting during currency of card, 583 ; D. granting 
W.C. must discipline holder for immoral conduct until card 
expires or he joins other L., 636 ; card can not be returned and 
elected brother ejected or dismissed in that way, 658; holder of 
W.C. may prefer charges during currency of card, 660; W.C. 
not to be rescinded or grant of it reconsidered when charges 
come against holder, but card is annulled. 680, 531, 532 ; how W. 
C. may be granted to one suspended for N.P.D., 744, cl. 4; W.C. 
or equivalent paper nect-ssary for retidmission if member 
expelled in other jurisdiction, 778; W.C. or equivalent may be 
granted to member of defunct by G-. Off's, 889, 890 : same to bros. 
suspended or expelled for N.P.D., 8m ; holder of W.C. has no 
right to join a procession of the Order without consent of L. that 
forrrs it. 903; bro. may not take W.C. from L. where he lives 
and join L. elsewhere, except to assist in forming new Lodge,. 
343. 

IV. Ladies' Cards. L. may grant card to wife of O.F. for a 
year, or to widow during widowhood, by two-thirds vote, 536 ;. 
form therefor by G.L.U.S., 536, and page 314. Card for lady 
having Degree of Rebekah, 536, and form on p. 315. Same for 
sale by G.L. 111., 874. 

[See Visiting, Supplies, Admission ey Card, Aunul- 
ment, Defunct. Dismissal Certificates.] 



372 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST.— INDEX. 

e&~ The figures refer to the jerfforw.^^O 
CASTING VOTE. Given by G.M. in G.L.,97,and M1W2S?; in 



■^SSiS ^FcJm fifrlecord of miction of Trustees, 82,, and 

Krr P ^^^"o^r?r^'«M 

e& tSFMZ^&"nS.D. Lom. issned by G.L.D.8. and -Id 
"!«»& MadeontindnPlicnte ««.,14. 

See Dismissal < i.ki im mi-- 

iiave Chaplain, or prayers, 904. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 378 : 

®3^ The figures refer to the sections.^W®. 

CHARGE-BOOK I the 'Degree Book ' is also a Charge Book: see 
§567). Source of law, *: Inrnished to new Lodge, 879; Sub., 
working in 2 languages may have 2 sets, 880; price, 874; C. 
Books revert from defunct L. to G.L., 187; O.B. requires degree 
rank only of elective officers, W., and ( ».G., 235, note; C. Books 
in keeping of N.G., and not to be taken from the L. room, 259;. 
kept by 1ST. G. until successor is installed, -CO; does not give 
compulsory order of business, 803 ; no charges to be used but 
those made by G.L.U.S.. 572. 

CHARGES. 1 Parts of the written Work. None to be used but 
those ordered by G.L.U.S., 572 [See Charge-Book.I 

2. Dues ft<\, charged upon the Ledger of a Lodge. Officer must, 
be free from all at installation, 233 ; likewise, member taking 
W. Card, 509. 

3. A regular accusation made to cause a trial. {Charges is some 
times used for complaint, 659: see Complaint.) Must be pre- 
ferred, setting forth clearly the offense, 656; preferred in 111. by 
a committee on an information, 063: no charges pending until 
committee report them, 066; charges may be preferred (com- 
plaint entered) by the holder of a W. Card, or by member of 
L. against member of other L., and how, 660; brother under 
charges may complain against other, 661 ; charges (complaint) 
against N.G. goes to V.G., 667, 668; officer not suspended,, 
during pendency of charges, from duties of office, 669; Dep'y 
can not set aside charges, 161 ; bro. under charges not eligible to 
office, 233; if elected, Dep'y may not install; card not to be 
given to one under charges, 506, 509,514, 080, 718: may be pre- 
ferred against applicant for card, 514 ; may be preferred against 

one offering resignation and arrest it, 554 ; G. Sire directed to pre- 
fer charges against certain offenders, 620, clause 5; only course 
for L. which regards member of another L. as unworthy is to 
prefer charges, 631 : officer liable to charges for misconduct at 
same time witn trial for official misconduct, 639; indebtedness 
between brothers is ground for charges if dishonesty or fraud 
appears. 643; failure to answer charges, if willful, is contempt,, 
652 ; a member charged with contempt should appear to answer 
it, even if L. seems in the wrong, 653; charges to be read in 
open L. when preferred, 670; copy to be furnished accused 
party, 656, 670; charges should not be vague, 677; to bft spread 
on records. 677 ; if vague or not alleging offense, to be dismissed 
by L., 678 ; 2d charge may be preferred for other offense during 
pendency of first, 078; charges dismissed may be revised and 
preferred anew, 679, 704; charges against holder of W. card 
require annulment of card, 680; if charge is sustained, penalty 
to be inflicted, 692; charges to be voted on separately, 699 ; no 
by-laws en charges, 709; effect of undecided charges, 718; in 
returns to G.L., statement of charges to be given with report of 
suspension or expulsion, 802 ; Lodge to be tried only on charges,, 
etc., 186. 
CHARITY. One of the purposes of the Order, 405; G.L. may 
limit the expenses of a L. to purposes within the Order, but 
not make its charities in the Order await approval, 405; Lodges, 
if allowed by by-laws, may give to worthy objects outside the 
Order, or make a charity fund, 415 ; donation to non-beneficiary 
mav be made as charity, 453. 

[See Relief, Donation, Aid.] 



374 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest.— index. 

im~ The figures refer to the sectionsr^fk 

c T?/«g .'„„..'/ o?J S 'M» >» taken away dmtagw- 

ij ', ? ;i i ', ,■ ' -, for „n*ii •lW..I>...ii.-.,e.-, lul : unjust , il 

;it« ,.-.-'» :; «i" ^ ■•■■» »'" •■■"■ • | '" 1 -' 1 ">■ '""■• "; 7 ;■"-";,'. 
sif,x^'& , 4;.;!;ii .j^™,,^.-..^^-* ,,,,■.« 

T 165- TantMl on petition of our ^ ult MV T a Y * ° * r * * 

T 189 L can not undo the consolidation and Lvclaim charter 

}^-a%^- , i^,i; •-!.• to a Miiorum of former members, 
SSTSSS^oSSffSS^ Ader certain circumstances, 

""v. Of Degree lAdgelfajl^^Y^ ; L on petition of 5 
PWASfeEFBE O/0.J5odj/,t3O,32; of Sub. Z., $30, sent with 

CHINESE. Not eligible as members, 3^. 
CIRCULARS. -See Aid. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 375 

JdGiF The figures refer to the sections. "WH 

CODE. ' Model Code ', 848. [See By-Laws.] 

COLLARS.— See Regaxia, or gg 596, 598. 603, 613, 614, 1071. 

COLORS. In relation to Degrees, 557 ; in regalia, 596, 598 603, 605, 
1071; ^f Reb. Degree are pink and green, 613. 

COMPLAINT. ( The information that a brother has been guilty 
of offense filed as the basis of proceedings against him, in 
in Illinois: local law. > Complaint privately tiled with IN.G.in 
writing, or openly presented in Lodge. 659,002; may be filed by 
holder of W. Card. 660 ; by bro. under charges, 661; by Lodge 
against member of other Lodge, 662; by member of one L. 
against member of other. 662; N.G. refers to committee to 
draw charges if necessary. 003 ; if c< >n .plain [ is malicious, name 
of informant given up. otherwise kept secret, 664, 665; L. can 
take no action on complaint, 666 ; complaint against N.G. goes 
to V.G., 667, 668; if complaint is found to be without sufficient 
evidence, complainant may file again with other evidence, 
679. [See Trials, Chaeges.] 

COMMISSION. (A document conveying authority, issued by 
G. Sire, G.M., or G. P., conveying authority to a regular or spe- 
cial Deputy.) JNecessary to make a JJep'y, 145 ; in force Jan'y 
1, and for one year, unless revoked, 145 ; powers conferred by 
it, 151; these powers not to be transcended, 151 ; to be read in 
Lodge and presentation recorded. 153. Form given in Ap- 
pendix, jxige 310. [See Deputy.] 

COMMITTEE. I. Of G.L. May not be appointed under unap- 
proved amendment of Const., 42; convention may be a com- 
mittee of G.L, 43; list of Standing Corn's G.L. 111., 131; appoint- 
ed by G.M. at his discretion, though requested to appoint from 
Rep's last chosen, 132 ; all committees appointed by him unless 
otherwise ordered, 97 ; precedency of reports 81 , 131 ; vacancies 
on committees filled by new appointments, 132 ; references to 
laws to be given in reports when practicable, 141 ; Standing 
Corn's to meet one day before G.L. for work, 142. 

Duties of Com. Credentials, 133 ; Com. Returns, 133 ; Com. 
State of Order deals with legislation on new matters, charters, 
etc., 134 ; Com. Finance, 135 ; Judiciary Com. reports on appeals, 
by-laws, and all matters bringing questions of law only, 136- 
Com. Appeals takes all appeals except on mere questions of 
law, 137; Com. Prifiting, 138; Com. Mileage and Per Diem re- 
ports M. and P.D. due to each officer and Rep., 138; may ex- 
cuse absences of Rep's in certain cases, 75; Legislative Com. 
deals with repealing and amending existing laws, 139; Com. 
Reb. Degree deals with matters of Reb. Degree and D.L's D. of 
R., 140. 

Reports of Com. Credentials take priority of all other busi- 
ness. 81 ; rules governing the making of reports and considera- 
tion thereof, 85. 

II. Of Sub. L. Com. of Whole may be closed by N.G.,800; 
Trustees are a standing committee, 826; N.G. appoints all 
corn's not elected by L., except com. on investigating propos- 
als for membership, of which V.G. appoints one, 255, 269, 819; 
vacancies filled at regular meetings, and how, 819; committee 
may not add to its numbers, nor assign its duties, 820, nor 
draw on Treasurer for money , 821 ; corn's on grievance or disci- 
pline and on examining visitors to be always special, never 
standing corn's, 822 ; may not transact secular business on Sun- 



376 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX, 

BSP The figures refer to the sections.'^® 

C d^ M ^4; r cU.U^ oiFSanceCom. defined in Mode] Code, cited. 
SP'lKn. Com examine repuits «,( »m be- 

fore new t".- -Vim begins, 854; by-laws may not require degree 

"ffi^SSSSSSTtellr,;;; 'als, special, 360, 822; one appointed 

bv V G others Lv S.G..MH; < ^.position : < ourse. 

^■n'6 cannot be membei of it.:xu; can not report till 
next meeting, unless by dispensation. w:<>; then- duties, HU: 
mjoritymuft report ; if new members are put on. they must 

prefer char-. ' : , lh J?I 
decision- final on the paper given "t ma- 
jority a i'd minority report from t.> • vise insufli- 
cient ordefective charges. 679; pr. of change of 

V ^mto~take evidence: N.G. appoints one or more ^.Dmem- 
bers 6»l; thev take and report testimony oi witnesses not of 
Order 6bl summoning all known to be necessary, i,M ; their 
necSsaive.M-.ens.stu i .- paid. CM ; ^llreasonatde evidence to 
betoken irrespective ofrules of the civil c uits.cs4; testimo- 
ny Slames, -a en if they have Reb. Degree, to be taken by 
m £k CO S?C^Siiee. If voluntary, not subject to G.L 44; 
to Lake evidence of sickness of tnu cling bio. and furnish to 
his L. or. E., drawing for sum- paid out, 4,4; certificate oi I ten 
eial Relief Com. conclusive. 475. 
CONFESSION. If an accused confesses his guilt, penalty may 
be voted without trial, 698, ',02; he may appeal from sentence, 

CONSOLIDATION. (Union of two or more Lodges.) May be 
allowed byG.M. on petition of adjacent Lodges: ho* 
for and granted. Ib9; history of the law, it*; not dissolved by 
will of the Lodges, 190; G.L. tax paid after union on all the 

CO^TITDTIONf ' 1%.L. U.8. supreme law of Order, 2 ; pow- 
ers not vested by it in G.L.ILS. reside in G. Bodies, 7 ; one source 

°*Il"dre. Body. To be sent to G.L.U.S. for approval, and how 
4; rules as to its form, not in digest form, 5; may restrict legis- 
lation to representatives,:^; must be observed by the U.Bod> 
39 revised const, or resolution equixaleul to an amendment 
must be dealt with as amendment. 40; new const, may be re- 
ported bv authorized convention, 43; const enumera^gsome 
methods- oi raising revenue does not i x elude others, .■»; const. 
^ ien t of officers and representatives excludes 

Eavmeir of BG-s 56; a G.L. is justilied in expenditures not 
Skklen by Its constitution. 57; no« Const. G.L\IU. is amend- 

ed lll' Of Sub. L. G. Body may make. 44; Subs, can not alter 
178 G L. HI. has adopted one. i7s, sw: in ^end 

Lt any session, without u..: u , may not suspend 

or set' aside Const. Subs.. KG; constitution to be signed by per- 
son admitted. y.7H. 50s; card to be returned to applicant bv card 
if be does not sign const.. 535; name not to be erased Iron 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 377 

f^° The figures refer to the sections. "SH 

const, if member is suspended 
power to make by-laws. 831 : ri: 
*** Const.. Subords. 111. given, page 283. 

IV. Of Relief or Benevolent Association. May not be pre- 
scribed by G. Body when it has not created tbe body, 44. 

V. Of liebekah- Degree Lodge. Uniform Const, adopted by G. 
L. 111., 585; same given in full. 586. 

CONTEMPT. Lodge may be guilty of, toward G.L. ; excepted 
thereby from protection of rule ior delay and trial, 186; Hep. 
is guilty of, leaving G.L. without leave, 75; willfully refusing 
or neglecting to answer charges is contempt; penalty, ex- 
pulsion, 652 ; so is refusing to pay fine or submit to penalty, 652 ; 
so is failing to answer any summons, 653 ; charge of contempt 
to be answered even if L. is in error, 653 : evading notice former- 
ly ranked as contempt, 673; expulsion for contempt is sum- 
mary, requiring no delay, charges, or trial, 675 ; one is not 
guilty of it who appears by attorney or by written defense or 
waiver of defense, 676. 

bee Triads, Offense.] 

CONVENTION. Convention may be organized by G.L., as 
committee to form constitution, but not to do any binding'act, 
43: except as authorized by G. Body, no convention of past 
officers or subordinates for legislation or redress of grievances 
is legal, 43, 181. 

CORNER-STONES. Ceremony for Laying, pages 330, 336 ; these 
forms prescribed, 910. 

COVENANT. Name of a degree, 556 : The Covenant and Official 
Magazine, a monthly once issued by the G.L.U.S., 897. 

CRAZY. Benefits not to be refused to a lunatic brother, 465. 

CREDENTIALS— Wee Gebtificates, Nos. 1, 2, and 10. 

CREDITORS. Not to be recipients of benefits, 481. 

CROOKS. Use as regalia not legitimate beyond what law 
directs. 618; added to Elag of Order for an Encampment, 621; 
suggested use in Encampment procession, 1078. 

CUSHING'S MANUAL. Is authority for parliamentary usage, 
846. Variation of PvUles of Order G.L. 111. from Gushing on 
precedence of questions, 84 ; also, pages 281, 297. 

DEAF-MITES. Xot admis.-ible oy initiation, and svhy, 329. 

DEBT.— See L\]jkkteij.\ess, Dues, Suixg. 

DECISIONS. Of G. Sire, binding on parties submitting till re- 
versed. 1:0. 7/2, but can not set aside by-law of G.L. U.S., even if 
approver! ', 24: decisions <>i' (t.IvL or'G.P. are valid until re- 
versed, 20, 97. K;0: and are valid without attestation by the 
seal of his !t. Body, inj : G.M. decides appeals in recess of G.L. , 
759; Dep-'v makes decisions in his district, binding until re- 
versed, 157; Dep'y decides questions on appeal, only, 158, 159; 
appeals from decisions, see Appeals, and <■ 801. 

DEDICATION. Of Halls: form prescribed by G.L.U.S., 910; 
Appendix, page 323. 

DEFORMITY. Loss, mutilation or disability of right hand 
does not disqualify for office, even of X.G., 236; eligibility to 
membership of persons who have lost a limb, 330; deformity 
or mutilation occurring to candidate after election, what L, 
may do, 377. 

DEFUNCT. (Generally, see Chap. XXXI, p. 218.; G. Officer 
having membership in Sub. that becomes defunct may retain 



378 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' DIGEST. — INDEX. 

I The figures refer to the sect Urns ,'^Sk 

DEFUNCT — Continued. 

office by rejoining in one month. 16; without 5 P.G'a in mem- 
bership, G.L. becomes defunct. 36; Sub. L. or ]■;. becomes de- 
funct by reduction below 5 or 7, 170, »l : i.. •l«-t'mii'l failing to 
meet in 6 mos. or to report for year. 1*5. **i : momber- 
funct can not join other L's till thev ^-\ cards, or dismissal 
certificates, from L. or G.L.. 32u. :'>5:;. :>5i. :;s] : W. < 'ard not in- 
valid by defunction of L. or E. after is^ne. but V. ( 'aid invalid, 
except as proof of right to certificate from G.L. ,523. 52) ; sundry 
members of defuncts admissible when unable to gel cards. 736, 
742; issue of cards to members of defunct subs.. 741. <-l.*: ->'.» to 
893; character of applicant regarded, *s!i, - 

L. extinct by suspension or expulsion also called defunct, 
881; name and number to be restored only to one or more 
members of it, and how, 882, 884, 885; such revival does not re- 
store all former members, ssh ; (,. sec'v authorized to sell ef- 
fects, 883; all functions of suspended' L. cease, and how re- 
sumed, 887; G. Body not liable for debts of defunct Sub. be- 
yond assets received. 688. 
DEGREES, i Historical Note on all the Degrees, 556. I. General- 
ly. G. Hep. receives in G.L.U.S. all decrees not already re- 
ceived. 14; Offs G.L.U.S. must have R.P.D. and G.E. D 
19; visitors to G.L.U.S. have R.P.D. and G.L. Degree, 2ft; G.L. 
knows its own decrees only, and can require no "others in of- 
ficers or members, 50; designated rank in card only shows de- 
grees in which visitor may be tested, 503; visitor examined in 
degrees, how far. 538. 

II. Q.L. Degree. Visitor to G.L.U.S. must have. 29; G.L's 
work only in G.L. Degree, except G. Installation may be in 
Scarlet D., 45, 77; G.L. Degree not necessary qualification for 
Dep'y of G.M., 148; G.L.D. can be used at session only, and not 
given elsewhere, 311. 

III. Degrees of Sub. Lodge. How far under local legislation, 
65,841; names, order and colors, 557; eligibility to degrees in 
one month. 558 ; may be given on dispensation. 558 : emergency 
excepted, not more than three given at one meeting. 558; rules 
of application and ballot, 5o9, 560; rules of opening and closing 
Lodge in degrees, 567 ; ballot on but one applicant at a time, 
562; six months after refusal may be new application, 563: ar- 
rears and fees paid before ballot, 564; minimum 

must be paid before certificate to receive is given, 391, 570; char- 
acter at application should govern votes on application, 565; 
degrees not to be given by ' Degree Committee '. but by N.G., 
566; when V.G. may confer, 209: S.D. member may not confer, 
but may assist, 566; degrees of M.U. not degrees of I.o.O.F., 
568; no L. confers degrees on member of other L. without con- 
sent, except Reb. Degree, 569; fees do not go to conferring L., 
391; any L. should confer on certificate, 570; certificate for con- 
ferring degrees away from home to be asked at regular meet- 
ing, 570; special or regular degree meet in us confer. 571 : no cere- 
monies or lectures to be used but those prescribed, 4fi\ 572; re- 
hearsal of Other degrees or secret work under color of odd-Fel- 
lowship not allowed, 573; records of degree meetings to he in 

separate book, 808; by-laws may enact legreesonly fees, and 

forfeiture for non-usance of election, 841 ; S.D. and Reb. J), as 
qualification for office, 235, 241 ; supporters of X.G. should be ot 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — IXDEX. 379 

II®" The figures refer to the sections. "^iX 

S.D. and of V.G. of R.B.D., 241; no degree qualification may 
be required for benefits, 413: attendance at L. meetings not to 
be made by by-law a qualification for degrees, 650; trial for di- 
vulging secrets of a degree should be held by those who have 
it. 68b: I-MV. in reentering L. in degrees, 500. 

IV. Scarlet Degree, i See" scar let-I)e«ree Members.) G. 
L. installation may be had in S.D., 45, note; 77 : necessary qual- 
ification for 5 petitioners for L. in place where there is one, 166 ; 
S.D. as qualification for office. 235. 241. 

V. Past-Official Degrees. Given for service as X.G., V.G., or 
Sec'y. but not as Per Secy, 309 : conferred at any time or place, 
on proper certificate, 310 ; certificate for given without vote, 
310 ; P.O. Degree may be given by G.L. or CM. to P.G. of other 
jurisdiction, and how, 310; given by Dep'y or P.G. authorized 
by him. 144, 312; may be had at end of term of either office, 312; 
ISf.G. ari'd V.G. of revived L. or chosen by dispensation may 
liave P.O.D's, 313, but not V.G. promoted in his term to N.G., 
314; possession of P.O. D. is legal evidence of office passed, 237, 
316 ; P.O.D's lost by neglectful shortening of service, 318 ; local 
legislation on P.O.D's. 65. cl. 6 : P.G. joining G.L. 111. receives 
P.O.D. if entitled, 67; 6hrM. confers P.O.D. in person or by 
Dep'y, 97. 

VI. Royal-Purple and Encampment Degrees, as affecting 
Lodges. Member of G. Lodge, having R.P.D. may visit G.L. 
U.S., 29; rday not be required as qualification for office in G.L., 
48, 50; place of Encampment in procession, 900, 622 ; G. Rep. 
must have R.P.D. and membership in Enc't at election, 19. 

VII. Bebekah Degree. (See, also, Degree Lodges D. of R., 
Cards, Certificates. ) Side degree, for S.D. members and 
wives, 578; is their right, without vote, but not obligatory. 578; 
given by any L. without consent of recipient's L.. 569, 578 ; 'giv- 
en without fee, 569, 578 ; G.L's not obliged to accept and intro- 
duce, 65, cl. 6; 5/9; conferred in special meeting of Sub. L. or 
in Degree L. D. of R.. 580; rights of widows to Reb. D., 581, 582; 
L.may confer even in district of Reb. D.L.,589; restrictions on 
societies formed among those having Reb. D., 594, 595; re- 
galia of Reb. D., 613; use of A.P.W., D. of R., 502; lady having 
Reb. D. not admitted to Lodge as witness, 686 ; at funeral of sis- 
ter of R.D., Lodge may not use funeral service or attend in 
regalia, 625 ; R.D. as qualification for office, 233, 235 ; officer ille- 
gally installed without Reb. D. to take the degree and be rein- 
stalled, 302; Com. on Reb. D. in G.L. 111., 140. 

DEGREE LODGES. Created by G.L's to confer degrees only: 
origin, history, powers, etc., 65, 577 and note; presiding officer 
is Degree Master, o77. note; G.M. may not hold office in D.L., 
109; D.L. mav not meet on Sunday, ;89; D.L's vote as others 
do. 815. 

DEGREE LODGE OF DEGREE OF EEBEKAH. Authorized 
by G.L.U.S.. and fundamental law laid down, 584; authority to 
create accepted by G.L. 111., 585; G. Master may grant dispen- 
sations : ten petitioners, 5 of each sex, of certified standing, with 
$10 charter fee, 585; Constitution of Reb. D.L's, in full, 586; 
certificate required, 587; must report annually, and what, 586, 
588 ; Reb. D.L. does not deprive Sub. L. of power to confer Reb. 
D., 589; members of one joining another without dismission, 
held that they are members of the latter one, 590; in some 



380 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS 7 DIGEST. — INDEX. 

H The figures refer to the seetions.'^iX 

DEGREE LODGE OF DEGREE OF 1 1 E I ! E K A J I - Continued. 
jurisdictions, not in 111., a ballot on membership in B.D.L 

allowed, 591 : time of renewed application left to local law, 502 ; 
mode of voting, yes and no, 593; other benevolent societies 
organized among R.D. members may not use ritual or degree 
work, or regalia, 594, 595; regalia worn in R.D.L., 614; appro- 
priation by but). L. to aid a R.D.L. is legal, Ii7: each G.L. may 
make its own charter for R.D.L., 177; committee on R.D.L. 
affairs in G.L.. 140. 

DEGREE MASTER. Chief officer of Degree Lodge, 577, note; 
no honors of office or P.O.D., 577, note. 

DEGREE MEETINGS. tSee Degkkes, Meetings, Ballot.) 
N.G. calls special meetings to confer degrees. 560,571; degree 
metings must not interfere with regular ,, use de- 

gree hook and opening form, u67; separate records kept, SOS; 
application for degrees not to degree meetii 

DEPOSIT of Cards, see Adm ission by Card. 

DEPOSITION, in trials, how taken. • 

DEPUTY GRAND MAS 1 Elt. his powers and duties, ill. 
(See Grand Officers. 

DEPUTY OF THE GRAND MASTER, i In Illinois, an office 
equivalent to the D.D.G.M. of other jurisdictions. I Represent- 
ative of L. becomes Dep'y, G.M. approving, ill: general state- 
ment of powers and duties, 144: not Dep'y until commissioned, 
145: special Dep'y appointed for L's having no Rep. at session, 
144; commission goes into force Jan 'y 1st, for one year, 145; G. 
M. can remove or appoint at pleasure, appointing Rep. or not, 
146; L. can not elect or appoint a Dep'y, 147: G.L. Degree not a 
necessary qualification, 148; instituting officer of new L. is its 
Dep'y till other is appointed, 149: how removed for neglect, 
150, but not for non-residence, 150 : powers given by commission , 
and not to be exceeded, 151, l->8: form of commission, page 310; 
record of business to be kept by Dep'y and reported toG.M. r 
152; commission to be read in L., 153; what dispensations he 
may grant, and how, with forms, 154 : all others reserved to G. 
M., 154; have duty in installing prescribed by law, 155, 304; but 
may not take away charter, nor introduce visitors as elective 
officers may, 155; entitled to honors like G.M. when on official 
business, 155: may not take control from N.G. nor make 
appointments of officers, 15i>: may not install member under 
charges, 297; nor refuse to install because reports have not been 
examined, 265: may employ other P.O. to install for him, 
292: traveling expenses of Dep'y paid by L. visited, but nothing 
for visits in his own town, 172. 164: function as instituting dep'y 
ends with report to G.M. , 173; Dep'y gives P.O. Degrees, 144, 
312; Dep'y givts S.A.P.W. and A.'l .P.W., at installation, 489, 
492, 493: may give dispensation for conferring degrees, only 
after regular application has been acted on, 55S. 501 ; may not 
set aside by-laws of J,., 836; may not give dispensation to- 
admit non-resident, 339; an official instructor has power of 
Dep'y, 125: instructions of Dep'y yield to those of Grand In- 
structor, 126: Dep'y, acting for G.M., makes binding decisions, 
157; stays illegal or irregular proceedings, 157; decides questions 
on appeal only, 158,159; decides verbally if present, or in writing, 
160; appeal from his decision goes to G.M. or G.L*, 75S, 801; 
Dep'y can not set aside legal charges, 161; Dep'y can not re- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — IXDEX. 381 

BST The figures refer to the sections.' = W& 

move officer, 162, nor set aside ballot except upon legal reasons 
assigned, 161; Dep'y may not act as attorney lor accused in a 
trial, 163; Dep'y required specially to see law of election and 
recoi'd of Trustees, etc., observed, 826. 

DIGESTS. I. Of G.L. U.S. The Griffin Digest of 1847, source of 
law, and whv, 8 ; all others of inferior authority, 8 ; references to 
that of 1853. Moore's, 48, 881 ; to that of 1870, White's, 766, 601 ; the 
U.S. Digest of 1864, Ellis's, is not cited nor referred to, this 
Digest being made from the Journals G.L.U S.^ and not from 
•the U.S. Digests. Price of Digest, and sale of. 874, 875. 

II. Of Illinois. Full account, page 348. These and Dig. G.L. 
U.S. to be referred to by committees of G.L. in reports, 141. 

H®" Table to compare this and the previous Digest, seepages 
353 to 359. 

DIPLOMA. (A handsome, engraved certificate of memership 
in the Order.; Included in supplies; issued by G.L.U.S. only, 
872; one bv private hands not allowed on pavment of rovaltv, 
22; all officers forbidden to sign any except that of G.L.U.S., 
873 : price, 874 ; to whom sold, 875 : how signed, 876. 

DISABILITY. (A condition into which one is brought by some 
act or neglect, whereby he loses a right or privilege that would 
otherwise have been his. .Suspension and deprivation of bene- 
fits are disabilities, i N.G. enforces by-law provisions of dis- 
ability for X.P.D., 721 : deprivation of benefits is a disability for 
N.P.D., and for that only, 722. 754: other disabilities for arrear- 
ages, 754; former disabilities upon non-reporting Lodges, 868; 
sundry equivalent to suspension, 719. 

DISCIPLINE, i See < lhapters XXII. XXIII. and XXIV, gen- 
erally; specially, see titles Charoes, Trials, Penalties.) 
Discipline never referred to P.G's, or part of L.. being right 
and duty of whole L., 705; ' discipline ' in law on intoxication 
means reprimand. 723. 

DISMIssp )>: of ehm-ii-es for insufficiency. 678. 679. 704. 

DISMISSAL CERTIFICATES. Issued* to member reinstated 
from suspension for X.P.D., 744, clauses 5. 6. 7: received on de- 
posit, but not used to visit, 744, cl. 9 ; 756. '&■>?,, 3o5, 5oo ; to be issued 
by X.G. and Sec'y on proper application and fee without vote, 
755; no law forbids deposit with petition for new Lodge, 167; 
holders admitted in 111. on pavment of fee equal to initiation 
fee, 385., 

DISORDER. May cause exclusion of visitor or member, when 
and how, 547. 720. 

DISPEXSATIOX. ( A permission to do an act forbidden except 
when allowed by the discretion of a superior officer: also, a 
warrant for the opening of a Lodge or Encampment. I G. Sire 
can not suspend law by" disp.. 24: G.M. or G.P. can not suspend 
Const, sub. nor set aside by-law by disp.. such authority being 
void, 106. 836 : Dep'v has power to grant sundrv, 144. 154. others 
.reserved to G.M., k>4 ; G.M. issues disp. to consolidate 2 L's, 189; 
•disp. for festivals, etc.. from G.M. only, 2o4: disp. not to be 
issued by installing officer, unless he has authority. 304; disp. 
of G.L. or G.M. caii not shorten term of service. 3*18; no disp. 
.required by-general laws for admission of person 4-5 years of 
rage or over. 324; disp. can not authorize membership of non- 
resident, 339: if disp. allows L. to ask aid. it is lawful to give it, 
-415; disp. can not authorize suspension of benefits, 436; disp. 



382 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest.— index. 

fi®= The figures refer to the sections.'^fk 

DISPENSATION— Costintjeb. . . ■. 

raav authorize a sbortening ot niursf ol admission. .>wi, lo4 , de- 
crees may be given sikhicv by f lisp., 558; bul disp. may not give 
degree without legal application in L..5»il : disp. not needed tor 
change of hall of meeting, 7!»2: s.d. member may be elected 
N.O. or Y.O. bv disp.. and when, 240. 

See WABBAKTT. 

DISSOLUTION of Lodge, not subject of by-law, 841. 

DISTRICTS, not now recognized n, Illinois law-. 14:;. 

D D G M. ( (dice not existing in Illinois: but Deputy oj h. Master 
is same office in effect. 14?.: have not right to introduce visitors, 
129. note: inferior in rank to elective O. Officer, and give way 
at Pub. Installation. 3'itj: D.D.G.M. proper officer to give P.O. 

D.D. G. SIRE. Laws respecting apply to Deputies. 14:5, 156. 
DIVULGING matters not private is not offense. (Vol : trial for 

divulging degree work, etc., not to be had in presence ol brotn- 

crs of lower * !• sscre< 

D( >N VTK >N. « if fees and dues, not allowed. :;v.i. !"". : one of the 
objects of the order and not subject to o.L. except under gen- 
eral law. 4u-.: rnav be to objects out of Order. !!■■ : it donation is 
askedunderdispensation.it is legal. 41."> : may lie made to help 
new subordinate, in;, or Reb.-D. L.. 417: donation may be giv- 
en to non-beneficial, 453; can not be made contrary to by-laws, 

DOOR, in charge ofV.G. under N.G., 269. 

DROPPED. Same as suspended for N.P.D.,744; niembei one 
vear in arrears dropped. 74.",, 74* : but not if L. owes him, «4h: 
dropped mav ask reinstatement. 744. 74!>; name not erased 
from list of' signatures. 7M: regalia not worn at funeral ol 
dropped. i:,4: excluded from burial by the Ordei . >i% : readmit- 
ted on proper evidence of connection with Order.:'.)-: connec- 
tion not entirely severed: trial continues if under char- 
if arraigned, must be admitted to Lodge-room. ,• 

'Koppixo.and Xmx-Paymkxt ok ln>.~. 

DROPPING. Same as suspension indefinite tor_>.I .1).. •">. 
procedure of dropping. 74."> ; notice prerequisite, 747; in Ken. 
D.L's. "j.s4. .-.sd ; m;i\- be done at special meeting. (>'.<<. 

- X-.x-Pavmkxt ok DiKs.and DitorPED.J 
DRUNKENNESS. Discipline for and penalty of. -•-?.. .-4. .->• 
DUES. Weeklv contributions and special taxes are d 
minimum rates, 384; L. miw fix rate.:'.M.:>.s7,:SN<: accrue week- 
lv. 3*7. ?.ss : payable at any time,387; not accrued till period 
Charged for is'past. *.»: L. can not require in advance, except 
on V. Card. ::ss : Secretaries, but no other officers, exempt 
from. 3ss, 2-">2. 271. 278: note for dues illegal. :W2; paymenl 01 
dues toTreas. is not payment to L. unless he is Per. sec. pro 
tern., 393, 394 ; .lues paid to proper officer between meetings 
count from pavment. :W4: if bro. pays all S.r'y asks, even it 
there is error, he is not liable. Iir2, :?.C. andean not be made to 
pav the deficiency. :«Ki: dues not to be charged during tempo- 
rary suspension. :'l!i7: bro. taking V. Card pays in advance 
even if exempt officer. :■»>*. :««: -lues run against suspended 
member. 7l(i. 4iU : not for time of expulsion if one is reinstated, 
402: but if expulsion is declared illegal, dues accrue error in 
textsaysuUi not ' .4ir2: can not be remitted or donated. 4a, : or- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 383 

%W The figures refer to the sections. "W$X 

ficermustbe free from at installation, 263; L. must, but bro. 
may not, offset clues with benefits, 423, 446 ; holder of' W. Card 
can not pay dues and receive benefits, 442; dues must be paid 
before vpte on card, 511 ; dues paid in advance to be repaid to 
one taking W. Card. 513; and to one paying in error after W. 
Card is granted, 513 ; if W. Card is annulled for trial, no dues 
accrue, 532; dues may be required in Reb. D. L.. 584. 586; dues 
may not be increased as penalty, 740 ; dues to be paid up to get 
dismissal certificate, etc.. 889. 891. 

[See Nox-Payjiext of Dues.] 

DUPLICATE. Of charter, not allowed, except for loss, 174 ; du- 
plicate of W. Card, when allowed and required, 530, 532; dupli- 
cate of reports recorded, 858. 

EDUCATION. Institutions for recommended. 923. 

EFFECTS.- See Property. 

ELECTION. I. Generally. No motion to be entertained when 
tellers have declared result till it is announced. 49. 

II. Of Representative to o.L. When and how had, 71. 

III. In Grand Lodge. All P.G's may vote, 34; but not by 
proxy. 52: but P.G's having voted without election, Pep's only 
may vote. 52; mode of election, 89; may be referred to P.G's 
in their Lodges, 90. 

IV. In Sub. L. At last regular meeting in term. 220; by bal- 
lot, never by lot, 221 ; by acclamation, 221 ; majority necessary 
for choice, 222: blank vote counted, one for person hot in nom- 
ination not counted, 222 ; Per. Sec'y elected in Dec. if by-law al- 
lows, 223; candidates not ordered to retire, 225: no election in 
revived or new L. with short term, 226; G.L. may not choose 
sub. officer, 227 ; no restriction on reelection, 230; illegal elec- 
tion is void ; another to be held in place of it, 243 ; officer-elect 
not appearing at installation, vacancy and new election may 
be had, 244. 245 : G. Officer may vote at election held in his own 
Sub. L., 300; voting for self not punishable, 651. 

V. Of Trustees. Held annually, in December, 826. 

VI. Of Members. Is by ballot, and how held, 361 to 365; is a 
nullity if held without fee or petition sent in. 359; may be an- 
nulled, 370; vote in ballot on membership not to be exposed, or 
inquired into, 363, 651. 

VII. In Degree L. D. of E. Election of officers, 584, 586 ; of 
members, 591. 

VIII. In G.L. U.S. Election of officers, 19. 

i.See Officers. Ballot. Vote, Membership, E-Ligibieity.] 
ELIGIBILITY. I. In G.L. U.S. To office, 19 ; to membership 
asG. Eep.,19. 

II. In G. Lodge. A P.G. of L. in 111. is eligible to any office 
except G. Pep., 89; G. Rep. must have B.P.D., be member of 
Camp, and resident, 19. 89 ; G.L. may not require Enc't degrees 
of its officers. 48. 

III. Of Hep. to G.L. Judged by G.L., 35; Rep. must be 
member of L. represented by him, and P.G. in good standing, 
under no charge, 68; Junior P.G. mav be Rep., 217. 

IV. Of Deputy. Dep'y need not have the G.L. Degree, 148. 

V. Officer Sub. L. One not present may be chosen, if known 
willing to serve, 224; all past officers reeligible, 230; L. may 
not make rules on eligibility, 231 : kindred may hold office at 
same time, 232 ; bro. under charges not eligible. 233; all elect- 



384 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest.— index. 

tm~ The figures refer to the sections."®® 
E fe I ™nd L wIn"d C O.G T , I 5) U haVe Scarlet Degree, andBeb.D., 

!^\ !,,, ,r 1 ers need lum- tbese delves, 2:15; nlh.-..,- may 
vp pip. ,-.i to hteher office, 211: N\<;.must have served as \.<... 
-«?V i "'t T vh served in inferior office, ^i ; conditions 

n , 1 ^\<' u! r '.^ ,' !"r.M , „ , ,„V, 1 ;,; , r , 1 

service is --'..plele at rime of installation, •_':',*: sickness piv- 

doe^:S.I>.menmer edible, ,n ; ^ 

ble refusing. 24< i : supporters should be of s.D. and U.l,.n...n, 

X.O. can no! be Treasurer, illl. ,>-.....,, ..,., 

VI To Membership.-*^ Mkmbkrsmi i\ or y, .._. to343. 

VII IbM bne month's membership required, ■" : 
WOTthinSs^fcharactershoi.ldi.e found in eandidate, ofv>; at- 
tendance at L. meetings not a (•ondnim 

^'Sf.- #"$? :;:.* V; ^o^^i.:' 1 -:- ":,,!':,,;:, mw,n 

"^^^^S^SlfgUlatio. determine ,u»liflc». 

ENCAMPMENT. Place in procession, 900. For other matters, 
see the Encampment Chapter and Index. ,-.„* 

VT?ASTTRE (itiiara- from charier, not allowed, 1,4, 1,-. <». 

rianre ta. signatures to const., not P r r.Tsl; erasures tO 

correct records, wrong practice, 807. 
-r-'-rtjata. In this Digest: see note at end of Preface. 
ffil? L hal vi» li to c, .rivet error committed in ignorance 
^5*s?me Texceptions, 192, note; L. responsible for mistakes of 

officer, :-,;'>,"-.■ -or stisp.M-te,l in ballot i.Ho.v iv>ul t is ( ec arcd 

™.i ..taken a,on : „,t,,- ;iv;;!r-&;;;; , :tt-: 



K-"»," , \,!,: ,,, H , ! ,t . , „; 1 ; l ;r 1 t ,,?*. , ... 1 ■;' n" ' .:.ini 

dues acci ae tin' 
ilsion erroneously 

in error to be paid, 

true date, and make member benehcial 2s t, n , n ; > ci 
rect error in claim when appealing.^: [)e P > s ts . >im n.u 
lot for error or fraud only,16l : sets aside proceedings^ of Ldonc 
in error. 157,158; if W. Card be grante. by m 1st ak » * »ot 



have been mixed, or ballot retaken at one 
hro. pavs too little on account by error o 

gg ^mgi?ln»' nff °?n tmre' S'-e'x^idsion en-u 
467; disability from exroro I o be r V' ^\? omill" ll'atlV 



shown, 



in error. 157.15s; it \\ . t an oe „iam.u ... '■'-'" 

fully paid, L. can not call lor balanced.,. L. in. i.\ 

siderVote to sustain charges unless error or ai ... 

fiQ4- how to correct errors in trials. ,0, ; n L.eii>and (oincis 

itself! rlV-oi-ds should show that, 805; how to correct an errorin 

EVIDENCE. I. 0/ Membership, raid is J^y%l&^*& 
dence 503* W Card, even expire.l. is evidence ot loiimigooi 
stlndini. 529, 5:*; caVd or eer.if. Iron, G. Se,-y is competent 6^ I- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 385 

ti^The figures refer to the sections.^^®. 

dence. 354 ; ' satisfactory evidence ' defined, 349 ; person not hav- 
ing to be reinitiated. 347. 

II. On claim of benefits. L. may require evidence of sickness, 
and what, 451; nature and weight of evidence of sickness, 483; 
evidence of vice or immorality may be adduced against ciaim, 
even after death, 470. 

III. On trials.. All testimony to be written down and record- 
ed. 677; taken in presence of accused, except depositions, 656 ; 
taking of depositions. 6*2 ; taking of evidence of nou-memoers, 
681: evidence of lady naving Tteb. D., 686; evidence of wife 
against husband not allowed. 6*6 : evidence in case of change 
of venue, 702; value of ex-parlc : statements. 6*3; on hearsay and 
secondary evidence, sometimes to be received. 681 ; new evi- 
dence may be introduced by either side to close of hearing, 685; 
trial, in propel sense, begins with hearing of evidence. 689; re- 
corded evidence on a former trial valid in new one. 687. 

EXAMIXLXIt COMMITTEE on Card. Must be special com., 
*22: of :■:. appointed by presiding ufiicer. of higiiesi degree, in- 
cluding V.O.. P.O.. or X.G. or C.P..or S.\Y.~. or bio. having A. 
T.P.W..53*; to examine and introduce visitor. 538: not confined 
to A.T.P.W. and card, but satisfv themselves. 544. 

EXCURSIONS. Treasury funds not to be appropriated for, 404; 
not to be had on the Sabbath, 922. 'See Festival." 

EXCUSE. Tor absence, majority vote accepts. 727; excuse of 
• out of town " not available' to officer residing out of town, 729; 
L. may not remit fine without legal excuse. 730: X.G. offers 
excuse to L. and Y.G. puts questions arising thereon, 26s; excus- 
ing physicians, 906. 

EX-PARTE statements not evidence, but reason for charges, 
683 : ex-parte examination of conduct of brother, when allowed, 
655. 

EXPELLED. 1. Lodge. Can not elect or install officers, 229; 
all functions cease for all purposes. 8*7 : acts not voidable, but 
void, and can not be made vaud, **7: members, if worthy, can 
get cards, 88.9. 893. 

II.. Person. Regalia at funeral disallowed. 154; can be read- 
mitted to other L. or E. only with consent of expelling L. or ■ 
E.. 321. 777. <<8; if expelling L. is defunct, he can rejoin only 
through his G.L. or G.E.. 353 : if t he L. be revived, he should ap- 
ply to it, 351; if expelled 'for X. P. D.. lie must obtain evidence 
of former connection, to rejoin. 352 : if reinstated, no dues have 
accrued, unless illegally expelled. 402: P.G. expelled front G. 
L. but not from mid. ranks as P.O.. 576: names not reported to 
G.L.U.S. as formedy. 734: may appeal. 757. 758: if appeal is on 
unfairnessorinfornialitv.it must be shown, 765; no right or 
privilege gained bv appeal before decision. 767 : expelled in 111., 
even illegally so. reinstated only by O.L. or O.M., 776, 779; not 
by payment of dues. etc.. 776: to rejoin must have card or cer- 
tif. from expelling L..77*: petitions for reinstatement must 
show facts of the original case and evidence of reformation, 782. 
•See Penalties, E.xpflsiox. 

EXPENDITURE. O.L. limited bv its const.. 56. 57: may not 
pay P.G's attending (4.L. when const, specifies officers and rep- 
resentatives to be paid. 56 ; (4. Sec'v and G. Tr. show objects of 
expenditure in reports. 115. 116: legal and illegal objects of ex- 
penditure for Sub. L. or E.. 404; charitable expenditures al- 
25 



386 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST.— INDEX. 

mr The figures refer to the sections. ~&*X 

llsiSIIisssiti 

S'? w riin :.iMI : libraries, 41- ; organ. 41.J; regalia, 

»,^^r..,. : .M. i ;. ril ..,« 1 /jvv^''-'""^* 

P f?onSp,^ion:efti«sVvort to G.L., 185,187; trial required 



ln TT 11 nr 8 vm>to- 11 L nmvo-i*! from self, not from Bub. I* 



tnan once on i Ajii. _ . , )e llir iieted on 

at regular meeting o .on g ra . ^.^ ^ L 

T- f recoi"l£n! b aek-book 7U; e-xiM.Nion is hi,!,, st penalty, 
inflated ,11 vforeriminal offense. 714 : penalty lor .id eonvic- 

tfrfn nf rl. i kPli ne^ ?V. '-'• : expulsion nut always kept a se- 

^ may reveal ^733: expulsion forN.P.D. forbidden, 789, 



744. 745. 



IP?^ b To~b S e%ttfe7bTo.Body in ease of appeal, to G.L.T7.S. 
before it ooes ni,!7:V,' tinning of fact not to be reviewed on ap- 

SS legal rSentatives as su.-h. have ,-lain.s upon the Orde, , 
notie^anei . w w ( „.,.,, AN «. 

TT^S Subiect "t loeal legislation, c/,, el. I : funds from imtia- 

raffles * Wi^lM 



ILLINOIS ODD-EELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 387 

H®" The figures refer to the sections.^®. 

beneficial admission, 382 ; fee to be paid in advance for degrees,. 
and no degree certificate without payment, 560, 564.570; ifL. 
confers degrees on member of other L., the fees go to his L.^ 
391, 569; persons susp. for N.P.D. readmitted pav fees of local 
law; 742. 

[See Charter Fee, Dues, and Chapter XIV.] 

FESTIVAL. None may be held in name of Order but by per- 
mission of G.M. and on conditions, 204,205; but L. may join 
other bodies or citizens in celebration of national festivals. etc. ? 
154,206; dispensation from Dep'y for, 154; G.L. 111. requests no 
festival given to it, 207; L. funds not to be used for festivals, 
404, 406,407, 411: assessments for such purpose not enforced, 
418: no intoxicating drinks allowed, 204; not allowed in con- 
nection with any regular meeting, 203. 

TSee Anniversary, Celebration.] 

FINANCE. When conscitutioualiy assigned to management 
of Sub. L., G.L. may not interfere with by-laws. 832. 

[See Committees, Finds, Fkes, Dees, etc., and Chapter XIV. ] 

FINE. Fourth punishment in grade, 713; not proper or legal 
penalty (in Illinois i for violation of principles of the Order, 717 ; 
not inflicted by N.G.. except in enforcing by-laws about ab- 
sentees, etc., 721 ; not to be assessed on one absent from home 
or sick, 727; unadvisable upon one at divine service. 728; of- 
ficer liable to, until successor is installed, 729 ; when legally as- 
sessed, fines not to be remitted for other than legal reason, 730 ; 
how assessed when no meeting is held, 796; local law decides 
whether fines are dues, 65, cl. 4 ; fine for not learning the Work. 
254; allowed penalty for not attending funeral, 626, but not for 
non-attendance of unofficial members, 650; how assessed as 
penalty in trial, 696. 

FIRE. Case of interruption by fire, 793 ; insurance against, rec- 
ommended, 914, 200: asking aid for loss by fire, disapproved. 
200. 

FISCAL YEAR, of G.L.U.S., 32; of G. Sec. 111., 115; ofG.Tr.IU., 
116. 

FLAG. Adopted for the Order, described, 621 ; to be displayed 
at sessions G.L. U.S., 23. Political flag not allowed on L. room, 
208. 

FOREIGN. G.L. U.S. alone introduces Order in foreign coun- 
tries, 1 ; foreigner temporarily near L. not to be admitted, 334 ; 
member resident in foreign country not deprived of benefits.. 
465. 

G.M's must check introduction of subjects foreign to purposes 
of Order, 98; new principles (as 'total abstinence') not to be 
introduced bv subordinates. 644, note; ste. too. 324, 326, S4KD. 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE (The Work of the Order is translated 
into German, French, and Spanish; i repositions have been 
made to translate it into Welsh. Swedish, and Italian.) One 
case of L. working in 2 languages with 2 sets of officers: not a 
precedent, 217 ; L. working in 2 languages may have 2 sets or 
books, one in each tongue, 880; L. working in foreign tongue is 
not empowered to work in other, 210; G. Bodies may let Sub's 
working in F.L's keep records therein, and condition follow- 
ing, 809; all German L's in 111. have such permission, 811; G. 
B's in 111. may permit work in Swedish, without written or 
printed translation of Charge-books, etc., 211 : German may not 



388 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest.— ind EX. 

BS^- The figures refer to the seclion8.~&& 

^^^o^t^lt^l^nT^^^e W hen on,,-, ,..s 

V&RjrlfiS? Forfeiture of Charter by L.. etc-See Chabtkr, 

219; caused by absence, 239, 251; compensation not forfeited 

YO^: m ^l£t^ may makof-.m, ofW.cer g^^gg; 

l^forln^arM 
FOK MS. In Appendix. References to pages. 

gSffil^WCFlfi: 8 ^ My «. ■«-!.,%"- ,»'•; a ,„ ,.„. 

CMtiiicate: Dismissal •.-.-.■il .i.j-:. t --. >-_._ Is., i. 1. ' '., l ,; ' ;, ' ',',' 
^Commission of Dep'y G.M. or D.D.G.P., names changed i, p. 



° Dedication of Hall of Lodge, p. 323. 

Dispensation ofDep'y of G.31.,y>. 42. *l->4. 
runeraic.viu.my.y, 15<», « .;-4; same in < o, < • • J ■ ;• ^ 
Introduction of Visitor, p. 313; oi Membei adm. dj earn, p. 

Laying Comer-Btones.jjp. 330, 336. . 

.,«,.",?/■'.■:". r.'.v '.■'.'■" v \ ^ 

Sub. L.,p. 316 ; for Revival ol rjctum-.t.p. 31. , t i ^ mbirsnip, 
Sub Lor Sub E., p. 3"7: for Admission b> Oard,p.307. 

Report: SfDep'y, Installation.^. 312; O* Coin. Investigation, 

P Trials: Complaints, Charges, Citations, etc., etc. , pp. S17 Ml. 

FkIo. In application for membership, pun is &«*Jf, « '• Jg; 

misrepresentation of age, may be in quired wWfygjifj; 

death 465 ,8-, 469, 648; fraud by use o jf b A 1 \\ ., 478 , ^ggam 
getting card warrants revocation, 020. tiai dm 1 - ' m 
In offense, 643; Treas. refuses to pay draft ft» ■ ; . ;— • 
Fraud in ballot, Vitiates it, 361 ; L. dec des on ^ te (gjjg 
366; causes it to be set aside 364, 6!»4 : Dep'y sets irauduiem 
ballot aside declaring legal reason, 161. 
FUNDS, li. Bodies to secure by incorporation, 53 . G. BOfly™ . 
subiect to its own laws only. 57: subject to ... ul U* , £4 . 
Treas. is custodian of funds 111 every tor n, 284 jf l • ^nfo 
funds may be established by L., 384, bu ' '.^V , t , .7r u L 
general fund after created, 421 ; eeoi can. .da e n ot par ;: 

fund till he is elected,::.... ; Subord'suse tun, Is ... ly r >.- ce» ary 
expenses, purposes of Order, beneficent and cuam . 404 ot 

to be used mr lest.vals, etc., V.I, J C, but lor « el eb at., ' ^ ,m 
vprsirv etc 406 407' sundry prohibitions ot use ol tun. is, »x. 
D need not Publish W. and O. fund, but may not Oft 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 389' 

BStf* The figures refer to the sections. "S3& 

when made except for its original purpose, 421 ; special fund set 
oft* from collections only, 422 ; L's may loan funds, 424 ; funds of' 
Sub's are trust funds, to be protected by G. Bodies, 42-5-6-7-8; 
surrendered to G. Body if Sub. becomes defunct, 426 ; returned 
when L. revives with quorum, 884, but not to less than five, 885; 
expenditures authorized by G.L. are legitimate uses, 412; pur- 
chase of organ, of regalia, allowable ; establishment of library ; 
furnishing L. room; 412, 413, 418; donation of fees and other 
appropriations to aid new L. or Reb. D.L. allowable use or 
funds, 416, 417: charity outside the Order allowable, under by- 
laws, 415 ; reward offered by L. for finding brother's body to be 
paid from general fund, 460; Reb. D.L. has pow^r to use funds 
for charity and relief, 584, 586 ; Trustees can not keep funds, nor 
draw on Treas., 829; only N.G. can draw funus, 261 ; G.B. liable 
for debts of defunct Sub. only to amount of funds surrendered, 
888; L or L's may raise and appropriate funds for Asvlums, 
etc., 923. 

[See Finance, Dues, Fees, Revenue, etc.] 

FUNERALS. How conducted, 622; form of procession, 622;. 
burial ceremonies, 623; address and prayer at the grave, 624; 
funeral regalia, 615, 616; mourning badge, 617; permission for 
procession in regalia not needed for funeral, 612; L. may meet 
for funeral purposes on Sunday, 789; L. may, at option, have 
music at funeral, and assess for expense of it under by-laws, 
409 ; regalia and funeral service not to be used at burial of sister 
of Reb. D., or of brother's wife, 625; nor can dispensation be 
granted for wearing regalia at funeral of suspended, expelled 
ordropt person, 154; L. should bury all members who die un- 
suspended, 626; L. must be summoned to attend funeral, 626; 
burial by committee of L. only not allowed, 626 (111. IV, 226); 
members finable for absence from ranks of L., though othei'- 
wise present, 627 ; is a physician excused ? 906 ; L. not to join in 
funeral of citizen not member, 628; this held not to apply to 
obsequies of civil officers, 628, note. 

[See Burial.] 

FUNERAL BENEFIT.- See Benefit. 

FUN ERA L SERVICE, given in 624 : in German, p. 340, Appendix*. 

GAMBLING, an offense requiring penalty, 647. 

GAUNTLETS, not allowable as regalia for street uniform], 618.. 

GERMAIN.— See Foreign Language. 

GIFT ENTERPRISES, not allowed in the Order. 197. 

"GOOD OF THE ORDER, " Business mav be transacted under 
this title, 804. 

GOOD STANDING, defined, 913 ; may not be defined by bv-laws 
of L., 841 ; exists in L., E., or in Order, 913, 319; necessary for 
membership in G.L., 67; may not be vouched for to obtain 
admission. 487; member not in good standing whose note is 
held for due's or fees, 392 ; 'good standing' for purposes of returns 
to G.L. 111. defined, 188; good standing in community to be 
shown to get W. Card from G. Sec'y, 891. 

GRAND BODIES. Exist by warrants of G.L. U.S., 2; only one 
of each branch in any State, etc. (though formerly two of each 
in New York), 2; supreme for local legislation, under general- 
laws G.L.U.S., 2; charter of G.B. liable to arrest only for %dola- 
tion of law, 3, and alterable only by consent, 3 ; constitution of 
G.B. (but not by-laws) and all amendments must be approved 



390 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 

im*- Tht figures refer to the sections.'Wa. 

GRAND BODIES — C< >nt i m [JED. 
by G.L.U.S. before they are valid, 4 ; all powers not in G.L.U.S. 
by constitution are in G. Bodies, 7; each G.1S. has one G. Rep., 
or 2 if it has low members, and pays tax, 11 ; G.B. may not 
choose alternate Rep., but provides to fill vacancy, 12; may 
instruct G. Rep. on its own business. 13; <;.!). may remove G. 
Rep. for neglect, by law, it; may declare G. Rep. seat vacant 
for failure to return in sol time, 18; G. Bodies may be assessed 
per capita, :«. 

G. Body is judge of qualification of members, 35; must pro- 
hibit assemblies of their subordinates in convention, 43; may 
not act under amendment of constitution until approved, 42; 
may make Const, for Sub's, but not for volunteer associations, 
44; may raise revenue for self, determining rate, manner, and 
amount, 44, 54; may omit portions of proceedings, 44; enforces 
adherence to Work of Order r preventing innovation, 40.572,573; 
advised to appoint Instructors, 47, and to obtain incorporation, 
53; may permit Sub's of other G.B's to initiate or admit per- 
sons in their own territory, 58 ; make returns annually to G.L. 
U.S., 61 ; must have seal and send wax impression to G.L.U.S., 
63; is entitled to copies of Journal G.L.U.S. annually, and how 
many, 64; matters referred to local legislation, generally that 
Of G.B's, 65. 

G.B. can not furnish 2 charters to one Subord., or alter char- 
ter, 174; incorporation of Subord 's must be approved by G.B. 
before accepted, 2o9; G.B's must enforce law of G.L.U.S. about 
festivals, etc., 204; may not change qualifications for member- 
ship, 326; to G.B. must be surrendered effects of defuncting 
Sub., to be held in trust, 426, or used to sustain falling Sub's, 426 ; 
should be consulted on use of funds by one Sub. to aid other 
new ones, 416; G.B's to secure the funds of defuncting Sub's 
from division or waste, by law. if need be, 427 ; G.B. should not 
reverse judgment of Sub. on questions of benefits, unless law 
or right is plainly disregarded, 483 ; 'G.B. may prepare form for 
certif. for members of defunct Suo's, 525; must furnish jewels 
to officers, 606; may conduct funeral ceremony at funeral of 
one of its members, in precedence over his Subord., 622; must 
expel member publishing or putting Grand or Subordinate seal 
upon any diploma, etc., 054 ; may not itself print supplies, 872. 

G.B. may determine whether term of suspension is too long, 
715; may terminate indefinite susp. for N.P.D., or, reversing 
decision of Sub., may reinstate susp. or expelled member, 757; 
may entertain appeals from suspended or expelled members, 
and adjust difficulties between sub's, 757 ; appeals may be taken 
from G.B. to G.L.U.S., and by whom, 770; or may go to G. Sire 
in recess, 772: G.B. must settle all the questions" of fact, or its 
decision is liable to reversal, 773; may authorize Sub's working 
in foreign tongues to keep records in those tongues, 809 ; having 
given bylaw to Sub. full control ov«r finance s, li.B. may not 
reject financial by-law of Subord., 832; G.B. may make terms 
of Sub's begin in April and Oct., or in Jan'v and July. 849; 
how G.B's may revive defuncts, 884. 885; G B. not liable for 
debts of defunct Sub. beyond amount realized, 888; may grant 
card to member in arrears to defunct. 892; is requested to urge 
celebration of April 20th, 896; G.B. may open and close 
meetings with prayer, 904; G.B. may not grant new trial on 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 391 

B^" The figures refer to the sections."^®. 

appeal for unfairness, etc., unless it be proved, 765; G.B. having 
authority from G.L.U.S. may allow Sub's to admit persons sus- 
pended for N.P.D. in other jurisdictions, etc., 736; seat of G. 
.Body is, till changed, as fixed in charter, 3S ; meets in same 
halLas last preceding session, in absence of legislation, 38; G. 
B. must observe it own laws, 39. 

iSf See Grand Lodges; for many laws of general applica- 
tion in principle are stated in terms of G. Lodges only. 

GRAND CHAPLAIN. Officer in G.L.U.S., 19 ; and in G.L's,48, 
S8; title Worthy, not Et. Jx'ev.. 88, 51; duty of G. Ch. 111., 76, 81. 
120. 

GRAND CONDUCTOR. Officer of G.L's. 48, 88: duty. 122. 

GRAND COIIRESP. AND 1!LC. *EC'Y. line G. Sec'y G.L. 
U.S.) Third officer G.L.U.S. in rank, elective, 19; history of 
the office, 21 ; has seal G.L.U.S., 22 ; has G. Messenger as assist- 
ant, 21 ; office at Baltimore, 28 ; to display flag at session, 23 ; to 
record names of P.G. Rep's attending G.L.U.S. , and send jour- 
nal, 31 ; reports G. Bodies in arrears, 61 ; fac-simile of signature 
is on cards, 504, but not on certif 's of G. Bodies to members of 
defuncts, 525. 

*^P This officer is mentioned incidentally in other sections; but 
references are not deemed important. 

GRAND GUARDIAN. Officer in G.L.U.S. and G.L's, 19, 48,88 ; 
duty, 123. 

GRAND HERALD. Officer G.L. 111., 88 ; duty, 124. 

GRAND HONORS.— See Honors of the Order; called 

i, Grand Honors in 1 127. 

GRAND INSTRUCTORS. G.L.U.S. advises to appoint, 47; G. 
M. 111. authorized to appoint, 125 ; their duties and powers, 105 ; 
to take precedence of Dep'v of G. Master in instructions, 126. 

GRAND LODGE OF THE UNITED STATES. Is head of 
the Order, 1 ; has sole power to extend Order where not estab- 
lished, 1; can take away charter only for violation of law, 3; 
can not alter charter without consent, 3 ; must have approved 
constitution of G. Body or amendment thereto before it is val- 
id, 4 ; may revise what has been approved, 4 ; regulates the 
Work, 6; makes all general laws, 7; entertains queries only 
from G. Bodies, 9. 

Is composed of its officers aud representatives, and P.G. 
Sires, 10 ; decides all contested elections to its own body, 14 ; 
officers named, 19; qualifications of officers and members, 19; 
meets 3d Monday of September, or specially, 28; sources of its 
revenue, 32 ; has made and enforced a per-capila assessment, 
33; less than quorum mav adjourn, or act on credentials, 10; 
admits visitors. 29 ; regalia of G.L.U.S., 603. 

MWThe G.L. U.S. is mentioned elsewhere, but incidentally with 
other subjects ; references under this title are not important. 
K^See Historical Information, Appendix, p. 343. 

GRAND LODGES (generally). ti^See many laws of Grand 
Lodges under title Grand Bodies ; laws of equal application to 
both branches of the Order are often given under the title G. Lodge, 
but are largely under Grand Bodies.— G.L. consists of P.G's, 
but may limit legislation to representatives, giving to P.G's 
right to vote for G. Off 's, 34; 5 P.G's are necessary to constitute 
G.L., or it becomes defunct, 36 ; G.L. may not refuse P.G. mem- 
bership for neglect of L., nor charge fee, 37: is judge of his 



392 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 

B®= The fifjvres refer to the sectiomr&Q. 

G HAND LODGES — CONTINUED. 

claim. 37: may organize convention '" report constitution as 
committee. 43 : work only in G.L. Degree, 45; officers named, 
•ts; <;.L. may make others, 48; may allow P.G's to vote for o. 
Off's in L's, 1*: G.L. knows its own decrees onlv, and may not 
require off's to have other, as R. V. I>..~>o: may provide that P. 
G's may vote only in L's for G. Ott's. .72: G.L. may take char- 
ter ol'Suh. without trial, hut it is wrong.")!*: may expel a mem- 
ber from itself, hut not from Outer, nor appoint committee to 
try him: may order Sub. to try him. f'.ii. 633; may grant or re- 
fuse Sub. charters. l<>> : may make charter for Reb. D.L., 177: 
G.L. may enforce decision upon Sub. by demanding charter if 
it disobeys. Iso: G.L. can not interfere with location of L. ex- 
cept as fixed in charter. Is:;: G.L. may ask aid for Sub. in other 
states, and how, 198; can not elect officer for Sub., 227: nor 
mokeSc. Deg. member eligible contrary to general law. 236. 

G.L. may not abridge privileges of P.O'<. ::us : max giv.- o.L. 
and P.O.D's on certificate and request of other jurisdiction, :;in; 
G.L. may not shorten service of Sub. < >ft"s. 318; may authorize 
initiation of persons members of Manchester Unity, 331 : may 
not require applicant by card to have been resident for any 
term. 337; may not allow 2d reconsideration of a ballot, 307 ; 
may limit expenses of L. to purposes in the Order, hut not 
make its charities await approval, 405; may require copies of 
records of Sub. L., 103: may not authorize suspension of hem - 
fits, fill: may accept or refuse the Reb. L>. for its jurisdiction, 
579; may institute Reb. D.L's, ".84: may fix time when reject- 
ed applicant to R.D.L. may renew application. Ml; may ter- 
minate indefinite susp. for N.P.D.. 735: may not disregard Its 
own laws of limitation on appeals, 761 : may not order new trial 
of party acquitted on law and facts on appeal. 7tis. 

G.L. may not alter by-laws of Sub. that conform to its own 
general laws. s:;2: may not validate acts of a SUSP, or exp. L.. 
887; may not authorize person joining L. under false name to 
resume true one in card issued, 91:2; can authorize lectures by 
special enactment only. !>20: are requested to act on establish- 
ment of asylums, etc.. 923. 

BEfTAuthority over a large variety of matters, under a lefer- 
ence of them to ; Local Legislation '. 65. 
GRAND LODGE ILLINOIS. When organized: general pow- 
ers, 6(5, composed of all P.G's in membership. 67: is representa- 
tive body. 68; may punish its offending members, 73: holds 
regularly only annual session. 'Jd Tuesday of October, 7 
SESSIONS); works in G.L. Degree only, except in installation, 
77; receives no question of law except from Sub. L.. and how, 
78; governed by Rules of Order, sketched in M -.*;",, g,, fn infuU, 
p. 278; officers, their election, appointment, installation 
G.L. selects presiding officer in absence of G.M. and D.G.M., 
111; refuses to allow change in a charter, 17o: has adopted uni- 
form constitution for Sub's 17s : discourages appeals for pecun- 
iary aid in case of loss by tire. 20u: recommends that L's at 
place of session hold no festival for the G.L. .207; authorized to 
allow work in Scandinavian tongues. 211; repealed laws re- 
strictive on reelection, and advises choice of best men to office. 
230; has accepted and authorized use of Pub. Inst, ceremony, 
305; accepts and uses authority to create Reb. D. L's, 585: pro- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST — INDEX. 393 

$^ The figures refer to the sections.~Wt\ 

vides regalia for its officers only, 600; G.L. 111. is a corporate 
bodv. 915 1 act given. p. 300'. 

For other matters relating to G.Z.J 11. see other titles involving 
incidental or secondary mention of the G.L. : see especially Gbasd 
Master, and Grand Officers : see, also, Historical Infor- 
mation . Appendix, p. 344. 

GRAND MARSHAL. Officer in G.L.U.S., 19: office created 
1835. 21 : officer in G.L's and G.L. 111.. 48, ,\s ; duties, si. 121. 

GRAND MASTER. I. Generally. Officer of G.L.. 48: is chief 
executive, powers and duties stated, 98: is during recess sub- 
stitute or representative of bis G.L. ,96; not an independent 
power, but responsible to bis G.L., and may not deny appeal 
from his own decision. 96: installs successor, 92: has supervis- 
ion of Order, and may demand charter of disobedient sub., mi; 
may visit Subs and should install their officers (self or Dep'y), ■ 
103,"2£9; right over their records. 103: entitled to ' honors ; when 
visiting officially, and should wear then regalia and jewel, 104; 
official relations are to L.. not to offs, 105 : mav not remove 
Sub. off. nor take N.G.'s chair, except to install, ncr call a 
meeting of L., loo: may take part in proceedings of L.. 93. 256: 
can not suspend Const. Sub.. 106; has not power to let Sub. 
move from one town to another, 108: should not hold office in 
Sub. or Degree L.. 109: can act under law while G.L. is discuss- 
ing repeal of it. llo: requires of Sub's conformity to instructions 
of G. Rep.. 119; may allow L. to ask pecuniary aid. and how. 
198; mav give consent for festival, etc.. in name of the Order, 
on condition of a pledge. 204; G.M. may confer P.O.D's on P.G. 
of other jurisdiction on certif., 310; G.M. can not give honors of 
office bv dispensation, 318: mav not authorize L. to suspend 
benefits", 436; must have A. T.P.W.. given him bv G. Rep.. 493. 
494; G.M. can not give A.T.P.W. to holder of W. Card. 496 ; signs 
certif's to members of defuncts. 525 ; issues such certif. in case 
of lost books, or arreais, proved good character. 890, S92; may 
have reinstating power conferied by G.L., 776; signs diplomas, 
876; can not of himself authorize lectures. 920 : decisions valid 
until reversed. 100. 

II. of Illinois specially. Elective officer, 88; may call special 
sessions, 76 ; duties as presiding officer by Rules of Order, 81, 82, 
83; installs successor, 91; fills vacancies in Grand Offices 95: 
duties of O.M. by constitution, and poweis, 97; communications 
from G.M. valid without G.L. seal, 107: has power to authorize 
removal of L. from one town to another, 108, note; authorized 
to appoint 20 Gr. Instructors, 125: appoints Standing Corn's of 
G.L. at discretion, not subject to requirements of G.L., 132: ap- • 
points Dep'y for L's that have no Rep., 144: can remove Dep'y 
at discretion, or decline to appoint Kep. as Dep'y, 146 ; may re- 
move Rep. or Dep'y on address of L, 15o; Dep'y is his agent 
in the L., 151, and reports to him, 152; reserves granting of dis- 
pensations not specially intrusted to Dep'y, 154: approves at 
discretion applications for new L's, 170 ; his expenses at insti- 
tution paid by the new L., 172; may authorize consolidation 
of two L's, 189 ; his power to allow separation after consolida- 
tion, 190;- must suspend L. violating law about festivals, 205; 
G.M. was authorized to allow temporary suspension of work 
of L's during war, 397; is instructed to "prevent division and 
appropriation of property of L's, 428 ; can give P. \V. only in dis- 



394 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST.— INDEX. 

im~ The figures refer to the sections.~®& 

or pxp. members of defuncts, 891. 
GE ^DM^ENGBB.^^f G.L.U.S.. ,9; UriMUt .0 G. 
G gANDOFM&^ dh S t ^S OT l-?rVi S one y ear*:m» 

SStt SSSSS SSSffeSfc5S»?g 

Card, 529; G. OrTs themselves give P.W. at outei door. 45W, 
I ,iamS" 8 powers and duties find by titlesin tins lade* : and 

w1^ffitton™iran«e ? of,95. !? tan^ e ,t.tI^nm»lDdex^ 

triil of 95- Drotem. appointments of, 9/ G.L. requests inatap 
pointivVs be Rep's holding seats 2d year, 132 ; reports ot report- 
^ ffl o°f Sue P S n 0^.2: 2S SJftlL since organization 
^Awn^PEESEkTATIVES. Are the members of G.L. 
US i5- Sch G -Body has one. may have two, 11; when G.R 
S'ves 2 votes 11^' can represent but one G.B., and resides in its 
Srritnrv 12 -how chosen classed, and term ot office, 12; no al- 
ternate G Rep 12 ■ mav be instructed, and how instructions may 
be ^ presented is: must have certificate and all necessary docu- 
mentl; receives G.E. and side degrees, but no privilege > thereby, 
U- is not G.R. nor entitled to use regalia of G.R. until recog 
Til/ed bv G L U S 14; G.L.U.S. judges of his election. 14, ad- 
dressed in debate as [Representative, 15; effect of his taking W. 
Sd 16 dols no\ forfeft seat by absence at first session unless 
nnderlaw of his G. Bodv, 17 ; attendance in G.L.U.b. excuses 
for Absence frSm other duty' to G. Body : L7; duty^ to «ive ln- 
struction, 18, 119; must return home by Jam 1st, e^A 1 ?/^ fl>. 
fications needed, 19; may send, questions ol .law to tx. hire, 20. 
mav vouch for visitor from his jurisdiction to G.L.U.b., ana 
how, 29" is a G. Off. in his own G. Body, 48, 93; elective, it laws 
^Re^noV admitted to G.L.U.S. if his G. Body is in arrears, 
61 • G Rei loses nt right in his own L., and gains no privilege 
in'hisGL.; by nis office beyond what its laws BjftgijJW 
allowed expenses; M. and P.D. given in place of tnis, 117, G. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 395 

fiSIP The figures refer to the sections.' = W&. 

Rep. of G.L. can not introduce visitor by privilege into an 
Encamp't, and vice versa, 129 ; transmits A.T.P.W. from G. Sire 
to G.M. or G.P., 494; regalia of G. Rep., 603; G.R. may vote on 
appeal from his own G. Body, 787; place in procession, 901. 

teSp= List of G. Rep's from Illinois, Appendix, pp. 346, 351. 
GRAND SECRETARY. I. Of G.L. U.S. See Grand (J. and E. 
Sec'y. 

II. Of a G. Lodge, and especially of Illinois. An elective G. 
Off., 48, 88; sends returns of G.L. to G.L.U.S., with address of 
self and the G.M., and the place and time of meeting of G.L., 
62; sends out blanks — Rep. Certif.,72, 115; Instal. Rep'ts, 296; 
for R.D.L. returns, 588 ; for L. returns, 857 ; blank book for Sub. 
L. to record returns, 858. 

G. Seal in charge of G. Sec'y, 107 ; duties of G. Sec. as record- 
ing and corresponding officer, etc., 113; G. Sec. gives bond, 
114; special duties of G. Sec. as to report, insurance, Journal, 
supplies, blanks, funds, etc., 115; G. Sec. has Dep'y as his agent 
in Sub. L., 151; his accounts examined by Fin. Com. in G.L., 
135 ; his fiscal year ends Sept. 15, 115 ; petitions for new L's go to 
G. Sec, who forwards warrant, etc., to G.M., 170 ; how money is 
sent to G. Sec'y; case of loss or uncurrent funds, 212, 213; is to 
receive duplicate of Rep. Certif. and of Instal. Rep'ts, 72, 296 ; his 
certificate of standing of member of defunct L. sufficient evi- 
dence on application for membership, 354; signature on a card 
not necessary, 504; signs and issues certif's to members of de- 
funct Sub's, 525, 744, 889, 890, 891 ; receives and examines appeals 
for form, and if sufficient forwards to G.M., or otherwise re- 
turns them for correction, 759; may demand appeal-papers 
when known to be due, 760 ; to preserve term reports containing 
signatures, 855 ; authorized to prescribe forms fur returns of 
Sub's, 857; his instructions to have force of law, 857; returns 
should reach him in first month of term, 865, 866; G.S. dis- 
tributes Journals, and how, 870; sells supplies, and at what 
prices, 874 ; prints prices on cover of Journal, 874 ; sells for cash 
only, 875; sells charter-plates, 877; sells cards only upon order 
of L. or E. under seal, or to Rep's at G.L., 878. 

List of G. See's G.L. U.S. and Illinois, Appendix, •pp. 344, 347. 
[See G band Officers. j 
GRAND SIRE. Powers and duties, presiding, superintending, 
deciding, 20; can hold no other office, 20; history of the office, 
note to 'i 20; has executive and judicial functions, 24; can not 
suspend a law, 24 ; no question goes to him from Sub. L. or E. 
under a G. Body, 25; may r make official visits, and how, 26; 
can not authorize application for aid by r Sub's under G. Body, 
. 27, 199; gives A.T.P.W. and A.P.W. D. of Reb.,484; sends it ou£ 
by G. Rep's, 494, or by other safe channel, 495 ; can not author- 
ize a G.M. to communicate it, 496 ; must prefer charges against 
managers of offending periodical, 620. 

List of G. Sires. Appendix, p. 343. 

[See Grand Officers, G.L.U.S.. etc.] 
GRAND TREASURER. Elective officer of G.L.U.S., 19; and 
of G. Lodges, 48 88; official duties, etc.. 116; his accounts go to 
Fin. Com. in G.L.. 135. [See G. Officers.] 

List of G. Treasurers Illinois, Appendix, p. 347. 
GRAND WARDEN. Elective G. Officer of G. Lodges, 48, 88: 
duty in G.L. 111., 81, 112, 123. [See G. Officers.] 

List of G. Wardens Illinois, Appendix, p. 346. 



396 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST.— IWDEX. 

j The figure* refer to the section.-. ■ 

«-• d rWA \~< !E.— See Oi fense. 
o5oGSHOP.-See Inthxho ino Immvks. 
&\ V RENFF1 T*. - 1 '- li'M' ""• i ' 1 4 - 1 - '!,;- 
51 l J F-m?KKDS: Not eligible as members. ...... 

HAND -SfH DKTOKMITV. 

?HATCHEL." Use forbidden, 917. 
TTF4I1S VV evidence m trials. <>*4. 
SFlohTAOFf.unuF.as, ,,, 

H(»N«-UtAK . ii.Hin 1 ;; 1 ; 1 "\ ' ;;.-.,, ,, v '....vice thronah a term 
HuNUliS <»r n \. 1 ]] V-.n, "t 1 v Vernation. «.»4.-.:il».:«»: al- 
or at the cose _theiei.i .aim iasi u> ned * b v ehanj,'.- "I «-<»nsti- 
l(.we<lto(4. (>IT. \\i.osc termishiiu ^ >2 29; forfeited by 

tution. !*: ,,om ' ro .', "' ,/ v l( ' ,;i- ,,f ] .. 'j:«'. 'i-'.l : In mors held 
absencehom <>mciai > ^ honors regained by re- 

;S!L H iMn^X^lUl,nn. previous service In 
emei^nry :U3^40. nKT » called Grand Honor*, r_'7 . G.M. 
HONORS JTHBTO;, , () »-s. i.M: (t. IC-p. likewise, U8; 
visiting ..hu-iam ranuea to n . (lrt - s . lll( i P.O. oft V. r:7 : 

when given toG. OH V ' ,.V,\,.,.7, t when on official business, 
p.G.^i.not c.imtlMi t- ■- - fifficiall^ is entitled to bonore,lS6: 

1[ « : '"% r^STRIBUTION offhand property : division 
ILLEGAL VA^ru snc-ti -v <■ Bodies to prevent it, 42! 

among members « such, 4. . ^ u .^ ;ntton ,,, u . {] ,, s . , , v _ 

me nt ^Mun^U-xi^.^s beside benefits is not illegal dtetribu- 
iS^ALlTY ^ w «Sh!SSM>S!Sri M,«CON >r- x. 

-^ll^ ^eO^^^rurlr^Se, .., Sub, 

ofG.L. ll'-'^we^ TndJbtediiMa bv note for dues, tee-. 
INDEB'1 BDN E>s In b ?f£™ w * tn (]eht between brothers 
not allowed. ..'.'2. L. m > ." t.ea M:{:b v-laws may not deal 
unless there s and ppar . ^ ^ y^ q , 

e^ts're^ived^-Vebl for money lent on security is not 

reason for refusing to grant \\ . < aro, •- n. 
INDIANS not eligible tXd^ot^eUglw'e to member*!.*. 3*4. 
iSlo^N^^^ 

r.63.665; t..begivenuptoL.irimornwiH SU(V1 . SSO r, if he 

BSaShiS durb^pl'n^'-y of case. «« : may not be demand- 
ed by accused,*** CHARGES, TMAM, etc. 

TArvOKMATIoV- See Complaint: also. Cha^k, Ikiai.s. 
INFOBMA1AUW. - . . ^ ,-hh, ,-,,-s. __. M 

I ^RMA^ON',^ , SoRiCAL.-See Appendix mm. PP- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 397 

B^P The figures refer to the sections."^*. 

IMMORALITY.- See Offense. 

INITIATION. Primary mode of obtaining membership, 319: 

" not allowed to be joined with a condition to draw no benefits, 
322; not to admit blind or deaf mute, 329; persons claiming but 
unable to prove former membership are admitted by initiation, 
34<,349: Ancient O. P., not reinitiated, 350 ; initiation not inval- 
idated by illegality in election or form, 371 ; is invalid if done 
by suspended or expelled L., 371 : no part of ceremony to be 
omitted or varied from, 372; not election, but initiation, etc., 
makes member, 373; time of initiation determined by L., 376; 
allowed on night of election, 376; may be postponed for reason, 
but not to prevent admission, thus indefinitely, 378; maybe 
refused in case of permanent disability, 377; is complete when 
candidate is introduced to L., 379; who mav and may not 
-administer U.B.N. , 265, 270 ; N.G., but not V.G., may give P.G.'s 
charge, 262: fee for, 3*4; fraud in obtaining is punishable, 635; 
time of initiation not to be fixed in by-laws, 841 ; P.G. may be 
called to chair for initiation 266 ; candidate can oe initiated only 
in the L. that elects him, 335; 
[See Eligibility, Membeksiii p, Work of the Ukdek. 

INQUIRY— .see Questions. 

INSANE. Benefits not to be refused to insane. 4f>5. 

INSIDE GUARDIAN. In Reb. D.L. must be a Rro. of Scarlet 
Degree. 5M, 5*6: exception to rale of address to chairs, 918. 

INSTALLATION. In G.L.U.S.. 19. In G.L., may be held in 
Scarlet Degree, 45. note; 77 ; occurs at any time in session. 91 ; by 
whom conducted, 91 . 92 : bonds of G. see'v and G. Tr. approved 
before and at installation, 114, 116. 

In Sub. L. Done bv G.M. or Dep'v, 103 : or Dep'y causes P. 
G. to install, 144; reelected officer to be reinstalled, 220; ap- 
pointments of non-elective officers made at installation, 228; 
elective officer must be free of arrears at installation, and ap- 
pointed officer in good standing. 234: installation of supporters 
below required grade refutable bv installing officer. 241; offi- 
cer-elect failing'to appear, resigning, or refusing to return to 
L. room, vacahcv mav be declared, and other member elected 
and installed, 244, 245 ; if Treas. is not letrallv installed, no mon- 
ey to be paid to him, 280, a. 

Installation mav be performed bv N.G. or C.P. in absence 
of G.M. G.P. and of all P.C.P's or PAVs. 259: regular time, 
first regular meeting in each term, 290 ; or at special meeting, 

. 290; proper officer failing to attend or provide, installation 
need not be deferred, 290 ; in case of vacancy filled, installation 
may be held at once 291 : Dep'y may employ member of other 
jurisdiction to act for bim, 292; N.G. must yield his chair at in- 
stallation, 293: installation allowed only when returns due are 
made and sent, 291 : installation not refused became reports 
have not passed to Auditing Committee, if L. has accepted 
them, 295; reports of installation to G.M. and G. Sec' v, 296; one 
under charges no: be installed, 297 ; no address on entry of ofPs- 
■elect, 298; N.G. puts no question during installation, nor inter- 
feres with installing officer, 299: member who is G. Off. at in- 
stallation in his L. votes at election held bv installing officer, 
■300; proxy installation not allowed, 301 : it officer is installed 
without Reb. Degree wnen it is required, he must take degree 
and be reinstalled or vacate office. 3ii2 : Tr.-clect appearing with- 



398 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 

fiST* The figures refer to the sectionsr&lk 

INSTALLATION -Continued. 

out previous approval of bond, lie can not be installed, as in- 
stalling- officer can not take the approval of L. then, EMS, nor 
install him without bond. 303. 

Public Installations. Accepted and adopted in 111.. 3a r j ; Sub's 
authorized to use, and advised to hold Jan'y installation in 
public, 305; Pub. Inst, conducted by elective G. Off. or Dep'v of 
G.M., elective G. Oft', taking precedence, 306; may be held in 
any suitable hall and on other than the regular evening, 307. 
See Installing Ofi iceb. 

INSTALLING OFFICER. In G.L., isG.M. or P.G.M., 91, 92; in 
Sub. L..G.M. or his Lep'y. 289; but N.G. or P.G. may install. 
289, even without special authority, 290, 29J ; may be qualified 
member of other jurisdiction. 292; but Lep'y of ■ L. can in- 
stall in other L. only on request of its Lep'y, 292: N.G. must 
yield chair to installing officer. 293; installing officer may not 
refuse to install on account of objection to returns, if I., has 
accepted them. 295: reports to G.M. and G. Sec'y, 190 : may not 
install officer under charges, 297: may not be interfered with 
by N.G..299; must defer installation of Treas. unless bond has 
been previously approved, or declare office vacant and hold 
new election, 303: is not entitled to pay for installing in his 
own town, 304; has no right to grant dispensations or do other 
official act than to install, unless he is G.M. or Lep'y, 304; at 
Pub. Inst, must be elective G. Off. or Lep'y ofG.M., 306; if 
Dep'y is installing officer, he is entitled to 'honors' as G.M., 
155; installing officer may not take charter of L., or assume 
privilege of elective G. Off. and introduce visitors without 
card or P.W.,155 ; may refuse to install supporters below advised 
rank. 24J . 

See Ixstallatiox. Deputy of G.M. 

INSTITUTION. 1 The opening of a Subordinate according to 
the prescribed form. 165. Lone by G.M. or P.G. specially 
deputed, 166: persons named in warrant constitute the new L. f 
except absentees from institution, who are not charter mem- 
bers, 171; expenses of instituting officer paid by L. opened. 
172; duty of Special Lep'y fulfilled when be has reported to G. 
M., 173, but he is regular Lep'y in charge of L. until other is 
appointed. 149. 

se ( - Charters, and Chapter VII.} 

INSTRUCTION. G. Bodies may instruct theirG. Rep's on mat- 
ters of local interest, but net on general interests. 13; <;. Rep. 
should instruct bis G Body in the Work on his return, is, 119; 
his instructions to be strictlv observed, 119. 

INSTRUCTORS— See Guano Ixstructobs. 

INSULT. L. may protect itself, on actual occurrence or demon- 
stration of insult. 54s. 

INSURF. Subs advised to insure against fire. 914; G.U dis- 
courages appeals for aid in case of fire, regarding insurance as 
duty, 200; G. Sec'v ordered to insure for G.L. 111.. 1 1~>. 

INTEMPERANCE. A gross offense against principles of tin- 
Order. 723. 651 ; subjects brother to reprimand, suspension, 
expulsion. 72.".: if habitual, calls for expulsion, 725. 

INTOXICATING DRINKS. Alms.-, not use. forbidden, 651; 
traffic in not to be forbidden by by-law, r,u ; treated with 
reference to effect on character of L. and Order. 044. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 399 

$^° The figures refer to the sections/Wii. 

INTOXICATION (see Intemperance). Occasional offenses 
of intoxication to be treated with reprimand and suspension , to 
reclaim before expulsion is necessary, 725; regular course of 
discipline, 723 ; treatment of intoxicated brother who comes to 
Lodge-room , 720. 

INTRODUCTION. Of Visiting Subordinate. Done by its first 
two officers, as if by G. Officer, 549, but not attended with the 
honors, 551. 

Of Visiting Brother. Elective G. Off 's may introduce visitor, 
including holder of current W. Card, without P. W. or exam- 
ination, 552, U9, 529; but may not introduce holder of expired 
W.C., nor without satisfactory evidence of good standing, 529, 
130; nor prior to opening of L. or E., 546; nor into the branch 
of the Order in which he is not G. Off., 129 ; Dep'y has not this 
privilege, 155; committee after examining visitor by card in- 
troduce him. 538, and do so after each examination, if it is re- 
peated, 542; Form of introduction suggested, page 313. 

Of Candidate. Introduction at initiation completes the cere- 
mony. 379; on admission by card, introduction and signing 
Const, is part of admission. 373; Form for this proposed, page 
313. 

INVESTIGATION. INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.-See 
Membership, Charges, Trials ; or specially, Committee, 
of Sub. L. 

I.O.O.F. the proper abbreviation of the title of the Order, 894.. 

JACKSON LODGE. Special order concerning, 891, note. 

JEWELS for Off's Sub's and P.G.,601; for P.G.M. and G.L. 
Off 's, 602; for G. Rep., P.G. Rep's. Off's and P. Off's G.L.U.S.. 
603; all members when visiting may wear regalia and jewels or 
highest degree taken, 604; all officers in station and during 
business must wear their jewels, 606 ; worn in Reb. D.L. by la- 
dies in office. 614 ; worn at funerals, 615 ; G.M. must wear when 
visiting officiallv, 104. 

JOURNALS. Of G.L. U.S., source of law, 8; published annually, 
containing all proceedings except of secret session, 30; copies 
furnished to G. Bodies and Sub's. 64; one copy to each Subord., 
870; Bound Journals sold as supplies, 874-5. 

BSiFSee Table showing correspondence of paging of U.S. 
Journal with years of its sessions, Appendix, page 353. 

Of G.L. III. Furnish local laws, 141 ; indexed annually by G. 
Sec'y,115; matters in the Journals are legally made known 
and notified to the L's by its distribution, 869; rule of distribu- 
tion, 871; years to each volume, 872; price as sold, etc., 874,875. 
BSTSee Table showing correspondence of paging ol 111. Jour- 
nals with vears of sessions, page 352, in Appendix. 

JUDICIARY. A committee of G.L. 111. and its duties, 131, 136. 

JUNIOR P.G. Who is Jr.P.G., 217; may not be elected to any 
office, but may be chosen Rep., 217: not finable for absence, 
and why, 216. 217 ; his duty, 317 ; not disqualified by short service 
not of his own causing, 318; L. may not require him to wear a 
peculiar regalia, or other than regular P.G.'s regalia, 611. 

JURISDICTION. (1. Authority to decide in a controversy or 
trial. 2. The territory over which the authority of a Grand 
Body extends. This Index notices only the former weaning.) 

A L. has no jurisdiction over member of another. 630; bro. 
can be punished only by his own and the G.L., 630; Encamp't 



400 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 

fiST* The figures refer to the seclions.'Wei 
JURISDICTION — CONTINUED. 

can not expel from the Order, 632; G.L. can not appoint a com- 
mittee to try a bro.. 633; L. may not try for deeds done before 
membership, «3J ; bro. can be tried for fraud in obtaining mem- 
bership. (;:;-l; J., lias .jurisdiction over holder of its W'.Card, be- 
fore expiry of it. not alter. • .:*;: L. may try for offenses com- 
mitted after joining the Order before joining that L..i»7; juris- 
diction for offense continues over suspt nded or dropped mem- 
ber. i;:;s: political controversies generally are out of jurisdic- 
tion, mi : indebtedness between bros. not proper matter for L*8 
to deal with, 643: member liable to trial lor auv scandalizing 
occupation, 644; G. Bodies and G.L. U.S. have appellate juris- 
diction. -1. 707. 77«>. 

See i tii- exs.es, Official Misconduct, and Venue. 
KINDRED may hold office at same time in a Lodj 
LANGUAGE.— See Fokeiun. German, swkihsh. >< vm>i- 

XAVIAX. 

Resolution to allow work in no language but English re- 
jected in 1841 decisively. U.S. Jour.D. 124. 

LAWS of the Order. Source. 1.7. s: local laws come from <;. 
Bodies. l\ by-laws from Sub's. 17'.). >:si : their own laws to be ob- 
served by G. Bodies, :;a: questions on law come to <.. I. .!'.>. 
only from G. Us. it; to G.L. 111. onlv from Sub's. 7-: (J.sire en- 
forces laws of G.L. U.S. and ma v not suspend, -.24 ; O..U. enforces 
laws of G.L., !I7. 9s: on local legislation see > 60. and that title. 

LAW, PARLIAMENTARY. The general or local parlia- 
mentary laws are used throughout the Order, subject to the 
special rules of any organization. i;.j,. 111. governed by R.O. 
and parliamentary law, si syno|.- : !{.(». in full, 

page 2,78 : Cushing's Manual authority for in the Order, B46. 

LECTURES. I. Portions of the things said at initiation and 
the conferring of degrees. See \Vokk ur the Order. 

II. Addresses on < >dd-l-Vllowship. To be delivered onlv by 
authority of «i. or sub. L's. HlH: this law interpreted. 920. 

LIBKARIES. Establishment advised, smi: appropriations for 
are legal use of funds. 41J. 

limb. LOSS OF.— See Deformity. 

LOAN. Lodge may not loan money to member to pay dues, 
4'i:!: may loan funds on good security, 4J4 ; debt of money loaned 
on security not reason for refusing \\\ ( 'ard. .">u7. 

INBS. 

LOCAL LEGISLATION. .Means geneiallv the h-islation of 
G. Bodies. Matter> referred by the G.L.U.S. to local legisla- 
tion. 65. 

LOCATION of I., designated in its charier, change,! bv G.L. 
only. 183. See Lodge-Room. 

LODGES.- See Gbaxd Lodge, graxd Body, Subordinate 
Lodoj:. L>,ilnt means a Sub. L..etc 

I.OI>OE-KO( »M. Unless charter designates a particular room. 
L. may occupy any suitable room,la3; but not in a tavern >>r 
hotel, 1st; refreshments and festivals in L. room forbidden. 2irj. 
208; political banner not to be hoisted on L. room, 208; letting 
of L. room for exhibitions inexpedient, 90-s; L. room niav not be 
used lor other degrees or work than the authorized, .")7:{; mav 
be changed withoul dispensation, 792; bro. mav not enter or 
stay in without regalia, 799; the charge-books n'ot to be taken 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 401 

1SW The figures refer to the sections.'WSi 

from, 259; O.G. mar not admit members to ante-room irregu- 
larly, 287. 

LOTTERY. Not allowed in name of the Order or for its bene- 
fit. 197. 

LUNATIC. Not deprived of right to benefits, 465. 

MAOAZINE.— See L'ovexaxt, and Periodicals. 

MAJORITY.- See Vote. 

MAKING. Defined, 916. 

MALICIOUS charges, how treated, 664-5. 

MANCHESTER UNITY. (An English Order of Odd-Fellows, 
the original source of the American I.O.O.F., from which it 
separated fully in 184:1, because of changes in the work made 
by the parent society. See these pages in Jour. G.L.U.S. : 42, 
note, 43, n, 56, 64, 76, 78, 80, 89, 93, 97, 99, 114, 164, 194, 255, 265, 266, 298, 
326. 336. 352. 3 55. 356, 366,374-379, 396, 400-402. 429-437, 447-463, 468- 
473,499-500, 503, 522-3, 547-8, 576-7, 583-4, 621-623, 640, 668-9, 690. The 
resolution of severance. x>. 577, adopted, 584.) 

Members of M.U. may be received by initiation, 331 ; note on 
former legislation, 331 : cards of M.U. not recognized, 341; its 
degrees not the degrees of the I.O.O.F., 568. 

MARSHAL. In Subord. appointed to take charge of process- 
ion, 622. 

MAY in law not always the same as must, 714. 

MEETING. I. Of G.L.U.S., of G. Body, and of G.L. Ill— See 
these under Sessions. 

II. Of Subordinate. May not be called by G.M., 105, or his 
Dep'y, 290, or by any but N.G., 263; in all meetings, N.G. pre- 
sides, with exceptions, 266; installation at regular meeting, or 
special, interpretation of Const. Sub's IV, 4, 290; special meet- 
ings should be called for degrees, 571; degree meetings not to 
interfere with regular. 571 ; of Reb. D.L's, 584, 586 ; Sunday meet- 
ings forbidden, 789; L. meets weekly, except by permission of 
G.L., 790; may be allowed semi-monthly or monthly, 790, note; 
at called meeting, all business is in ' open Lodge ', 791 ; place of 
meeting changeable in the same town, 792; time changeable 
without waiting consent of C4.L., 792. 834; interrupted meeting, 
793 ; meeting not summoned by bell or public alarm, 794 ; meet- 
ings may be opened with prayer, 904; times and places of L. 
meetings should be advertised, 898; quorum necessary, includ- 
ing one qualified to preside, 795; unofficial members may not 
be compelled to attend, 650; nor officers punished for leaving 
if there is no neglect oi duty, 6-51 (1) ; how to proceed if absence 
of officers prevents meeting, 796; on legality of meeting with 
P.G. and Sc. D. member in the chairs, 797 ; meetings under con- 
trol of N.G., 800. 

ISee Proceedings, Order of Business, Quorum, Adjourx- 

MEMBERSHIP. (For Membership in G.L.U.S., G. Bodies, G. 

Lodges, etc., see those titles. > 

Acquired primarily by initiation into L., and lost in G. Body 
and Enc. when standing in Sub. L. is lost, 319 ; exception, 102-5 ; 
totally lost by expulsion or resignation, 319; mmbp. in L. lost 
by taking W. Card, but quasi-membership in Order lasts for 
year, 319, 519 ; honorary mmbp. or mmbp. in two bodies of same 
rank not allowed. 32i>; person susp. or exp. in one jurisdiction 
may not ioin in other without consent, 321, except in case of N. 
26 



402 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 

S^ The figures refer to the sectiom.~$t«L 

MEMBERSHIP— On-tin t 1 i>. 
P.D..736, 737: initiation into non-beneficial mmbp. not allowed, 
322; admission by card to non-beneficial mmbp. allowed, and 

bow, 393; persons claiming but unable to prove former mmbp. 
can be readmitted, but by initiation only, and bow, 347; peti- 
tion from such renounces all prior claim, 348; membership 
consummated is valid despite informalities. 3,-i9; but initiation 
by expelled or suspended L. can not be made valid, 371 ; elec- 
tion does not make mmbp., which requires initiation, or intro- 
duction, and signing const., etc. ,373, £08; mmbp. ceases when 
L. votes W. Card, and bolder of VV.C. loses all claims on Order 
except right to visit, 519: a quasi-mmbp. is created by revoca- 
tion of W. Card for trial, 532, ou : bow mmbp. is resigned, 553; 
renunciation does not end mmbp, 553; person who lias bad 
mmbp. in spurious or illegal L. not to be admitted. 645; mem- 
ber of M.U. may be Initiated, 331; L. can end mmbp. only 
by expulsion after trial, 658 ; mmbp. invests member at once 
with all privileges of his rank and all benefits save pecuniary 
ones; hence, member may vote and make motions, etc., at 
once, 812; qualifications for mmbp. may not be prescribed by 
Hub. L., S41 ; members of extinct L. not restored to full mmbp. 
by revival of L., N5«: how revived L. may admit former mem- 
bers not included in resuscitation, 351 ; mmbp. may be refused 
to elected candidate found unworthy, or disqualified by de- 
formity. 37U, 377; mmbp. obtainable only on payment of regu- 
lar fees. 389. 

Qualifications for Member ship. Candidate must be free wbite 
male, of good morals, believer in a Supreme Being, and aged 
21 years. 324; of industrious habits, of known respectable means 
of support, 328; exempt from disabling infirmity, 328; not hus- 
band of woman of immoral character, 328; no limit of age 
fixed, nor dispensation required for age over 45,324,328; 'white* 
excludes all but Caucasians, 325: blind, deaf-mutes, not admis- 
sible, and why. 329; Sub. Ls decide i>n admission of those who 
have lost a limb, 33o : members of M.U. admissible, 331 ; person 
must join nearest J... 332; but not join outside of the jurisdic- 
tion he inhabits without consent, :t:s; residence of six months 
required in lib, 336: hut residence may not be required of hold- 
er of W. Card. 337: German may not join remoter L. because it 
works in his native tongue. 333; temporary residence of for- 
eigner does not make him eligible, :i34 ; card of other Order or 
of other branch of I.O.O.F. not available for admission, Ml ; 
bro. depositing card must have A.T.P.W. or be is A.O.F., 344; 
applicant must m.t be member of other I., or a suspended or 
expelled or dropped person. 320; G.L.U.S. having fixed qualifi- 
cations, no other body may add to or lessen them. 326. 

Membership renewable bv deposit of \V. Card; see A omiss- 
ion by Card. 

Membership renewable after expiry of W. Card; see AN- 
CIENT O.K. 

Membership regained after suspension or expulsion ; Bee 1'k- 

1 ^STATEMENT. 

Membership regained after loss of it by N.P.D. ; see Non- 
Pa^ MUNI OF J>i E8. 
Membership non-beneficial ; see NoN-BENEI in.v i,. 
Membership in Reb. l>. Lodge; see Deghee Lodue l>. of R. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 403 

ti^ The figures refer to the sections. .""W& 

Membership in revived L. ; see Revival and Ekviveb 
Lodge. 

Qualifications for membership; see Eligibility, Resi- 
dence, Age, etc. 

Course of obtaining mmbp. ; see Proposition, Ballot, In- 
itiation, Introduction, etc. 

Tables showing membership in different years, Appendix,. 
pages 348, 351 ; and valuable table of statistics of the Order for 
thirty years at end of pamphlet Jour. G.L.U.S. for 1860, not 
found in Revised Journal as bound. 

MILEAGE AND PER DIEM. G.L.U.S. allows to its members, 
117; but in case of contested seat, M. and P.I), given only to suc- 
cessful contestant, 14 ; if const. G.L. provides for paying ex- 
penses of G. Off 's and Rep's, it may not pay P.G's.56 ; in 111. G^ 
Off 's and Rep's receive M. and P.D. at rates fixed each session, 
74; not paid to Rep. of L. in arrears, 75; nor to Rep's absent 
first 2 days of session, except on good excuse, 75 ; members of 
Standing Committees not paid unless Rep's, 132; Com. on M^ 
and P.D. report amounts due to Rep's and G. Offs,138; mem- 
bers of committees meeting one day in advance of G.L. have 
one day's extra pay, 142. 

MILITARY paraphernalia not allowed in procession, as swords,, 
gauntlets, etc., 618. See Army, Movable.] 

MINIMUM rates of dues and fees prescribed, 384, 385, 388; mini- 
mum balance in treasurv to be estimated in cash, 410. 

MINISTERS, not to be admitted without usual fee, 389. 

MINUTES— See Records. 

MODEL CODE, what it is and its history, 848. 

MONEY. Sent to G. Sec'y in drafts, etc., as far as possible, 212; 
uncurrent funds returnable or to be discounted, 212; registry of 
money-letters not required, 212, note; G. Sec'y not authorized 
to credit L's with lost money, as formerly, 213 ; Treas. keeps 
money of L.,281; money at interest or in hands of P. Sec'y not 
counted in ascertaining a minimum in treasury, 410; benefits 
paid in gold in California may be claimed only in legal-tender 
notes, 476 ; money paid for reinstatement must be returned, if 
reinstatement is denied, 753; L. must send returns without; 
money rather than delay them, 865. 

; See Funds. Loan.] 

MONGOLIANS ( i.e. Chinese;, not eligible to membership, 325. 

MOTTOES not to be used for private purposes. 620. 

MOURNING badge. 617. 

MOVABLE Lodges not allowed (as in army), 183. 

MUSIC may be had at funeral, at pleasure of L., and assessment 
made, under by-laws, 409. 

M.U. Stand for Manchester Unity, which see. 

NAME. Name of living person not to be used for name of Sub.. 
L. or E.. 169 ; names not to be erased from charter, 175 ; name and 
number of defunct L. kept for its revival, 176. 882; name of the 
Order not to be used for a. festival, etc., without dispensation 
fromG.M., 204 ; nanie of person not to be brought before L. un- 
less on his petition , 356 ; name of holder of card to be wiitten on 
margin, and when, 504; name of applicant for degrees an- 
nounced in L. flaw changed >,50o; name of Order not to be used 
in any private business, 620 (.1.) ; name of member or officer as 
such not to be used in business, t',20 fir, name of Order not to. 



404 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 

KGp= The figures refer to the sections.'^®. 

NAME- Continued. 
be used in advertisement or public display without law, 620 ; ; : 
name of state, district or territory to be on Hag, 621 ; name of 
malicious accuser to be delivered up on demand of L., 664, 665; 
names of persons susp. and exp. formerly published in Journal 
G.L. U.S. but not now, 7:54; name of person expelled or susp. 
not to be erased from roll of signatures. 7x4 ; name of candidate 
mmbp.i may be withdrawn before report, 802; names, not 
mere numbers, to be given in returns. 861; annual report is list 
of names by rank, 863; person joining under assumed name 
can not have card in his real name, or be known in L. by it, 
912; name precedes title in Jour. G.L.U.8. 
see Title. 

NEGLECT of officers does not cut off member from benefits, 465 
(7): neglect of Trustees finable. 828; officers finable for neglect 
of duty. 721 ; neglect to learn charge, 254. 

[See Official Misconduct.] 

NEGROES, and persons of negro blood, not eligible as members, 
325. 

NEWSPAPER. -See Peiuodicai.. PRESS. 

NEW YORK had. from 1849 to 1865, - G. L's and 2 G. E's. 2. 

NOBLE GRAND. The title of the presiding officer of a Lodge 
elective, 214, 255; general statement of duties and powers, 255 
must preside when present, with exceptions, 2G6; presence ol 
N.G. or qualified pro tern. N.G. necessary to legal meeting, 795 v 
no one acts as N.< i. pro tern, but V.G. or P.G., 26."). 270 ; appoints 
certain officers, 228, 255 ; and all committees not otherwise or- 
dered, 255. 819; should not be on investigating com. on propo- 
sition, 360; how supporters should be appointed by him, 241 
he must not be Treas., 242, and should not be Trustee, 826; L, 
is under his control, and may be recalled from com. of whole v 
800; Dep'y or G.M. may not take his chair or place from him 
except to install, 156; he is in official duty on taking station at 
opening, and should use gavel, 798; votes on ballots, but gives 
generally only casting vote. 255-6; enforces laws and superin- 
tends officers, etc., but may not delegate authority, nor be re- 
quired to report irregularities. 255, 257 ; allows no illegal action, 
subject to judgment of L.,2-">s; keeps charter and charge-books, 
255, 259. but only in L. room, '259 ; holds till successor is installed, 
260 ; is only one who may draw on the Treas., but no other con- 
trol of funds, 261 ; in initiation, may deliver P.G.'s charge, 262; 
calls special meetings if needed, 263 ; words may not be dictated 
to N.G. by L., 264; gives pledge for L. as to festival, 204; may 
not compel bio. to remain in L. room, sis; appeals from him go 
to the L., 801 ; all questions of order decided by him, subject to 
■appeal, 845; calls special meetings to confer degrees, 560,571: 
•confers degrees, 566 : must not confer degrees without certif. if 
Jaw requires one, .564. 

Duty of X.G. at funerals, 622-3; examines applicant for ad- 
mission by card. 344: examines ballots. :i62; may order ballot 
retaken before announcing result, if error is feared, but may 
not order new ballot, 361. 366 : does not determine time of initia- 
tion, 376; allows none to enter L. without P.W.,486; he alone 
gives P.W., 488; receives at installation the A.T.P.W., 493; 
gives A.T.P.YV. and S.A.P.W. on written order, 498-9; orders 
entry of assessment under by-laws, 410 ; signs returns. 855, 858 ; 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST — INDEX. 405 

88T The figures refer to the sections.~W& 

notice of sickness may go to him, 454; signs cards, 504; issues 
Dism. Certif., 755 ; announces <ti lipping . 745 : N.G. attests charges 
against member or" other L., 660; his action on complaint, 663; 
keeps name of informant secret, but gives it up if charge is 
malicious, 665, 664 ; appoints com. to take evidence, 681 ; takes 
(or causes to be taken depositions, 662 : puts penalties to vote,, 
first explaining mode of voting, 696. 094; or reads law and de- 
clares fixed penalty. 700; may appoint attorney for L. in case 
of removed trial, 702 ; may not inflict tine or penalty except by- 
law disabilities for absence, etc., which he enforces, 721, 754; 
offers excuse for absence to the L., V.G. presiding on question, 
268; charges against N.G. go to V.G. , 667-6; charged with of- 
ficial misconduct for neglect of duty, and if guilty removable 
from office, 710. 

Eligibility to office of N.G., 236,239; 8. D. member maybe- 
come N.G. by dispensation , when, 154, 240 ; earns by service the 
P.O. Degree, 309, 310; need not wait a term for it, 312; gets the 
P.O. D's of V.G. and Secy if first N.G. of new or revived L. or 
S.D. member eligible by dispensation, 31 3 ; but a N.G. promoted 
from V.G.'s chair without full term does not get V.G.'s degree,. 
314 ; may not report himself P.G. in returns for his term, unless 
so before, 853; may be member of G.L. at once on close of term 
of service, 37; may be Pep. to G.L. chosen before completion 
of term, 69; similarly, may become N.G. of Peb. D.L., which 
office is filled by P.G., 238, 584, 586 ; N.G.-elect vacates office by 
failing to come to installation, 244, or by absence, 251; installs 
successor, and when, 289, 290, 291 ; must yield chair to installing 
officer, 293; has no right to put a question while installing of- 
ficer has chair, 299; if N.G. is illegally installed, must be in- 
stalled anew, on getting requisite degree or qualification, 302. 

[See Presiding Officek ; Officers, and Office, and titles 
relating to work and duties.] 

NON-AFFILIATED. I A term rarely used in Odd-Fellowship,, 
and of doubtful propriety ; borrowed from Masonic language- 
Occurs in one section of this Digest, meaning the holder of a 
W. Card.) Certain non-affiliated O.F's may become non-bene- 
ficial members, 324. 

NON-ATTENDANCE. I. Of Officers.- See Absence. 

II. Of Members. Not reason for penalty or disability, 650;: 
non-attendance at funeral in ranks of Order, punishable, 627. 

NON-PENEFICTAL. (Not entitled to the benefits enacted by 
the by-laws of a Lodge. ) The initiation of persons as non-ben- • 
eficial is illegal, and such agreement is void, 322; but persons 
over 50 may be admitted by card as non-beneficial, 323 ; law of 
G.L. and G.E. 111. on this, 381 ; specially, law of L"s for such ad- 
missions, 382. See Benefits.; 

NON-PAYMENT OF' DCES. .Abbreviated N.P.D.1 Legal 
history of N.P.D. and legislation thereon to 1871, 735-738. Dur- 
ing the composition of this Index, the proposed amendment 
as in \ 738 has been adopted bv the G.L. U.S., superseding part 
of ? 736, all of 741. 742, and 743. 

Repealed laws.— Sub. L's may admit members susp. for N.P. 
D" on proof of former membership, etc.. 742; and members of 
defuncts not able to get cards. 742; lesral knowledge of the 
status of such obtainable only from their former L's. 743 ; terms 
of admission to be prescribed by admitting authority, 741. 



406 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest.— index. 

8®= Tne figures refer to the sectiom.'®® 
NON-PAYMENT -OP DUES- Con^n^kd ^^ 

iff Sggs ;s B=E#«1 

Itgiiiisp^iii 

.ipliilllllli 

the Order, substituted for it m that state, an- a 1 a i v\ a d gener 

allv -Jour. U.S. 160, 168-9... Test oath or obligation not to be 

•Olil^iTI.ON n o n R.N: U °«^N. of office administered only by 

°SwSha«tuken them 92, ^9; no one can act as N A or 

^st^tn or SJ?S^a«-^?n^n&^ «S 
OCCUPATION ? Onennable to attend to occupation from ill 

iilillliliii 

byname, generally, in by-laws, Ml i".. W*. t 

1M; o&SSof officer sustain.* by L. is lnsubordinaUon,10^ 
l" may, at its own risk, violate law of i-i.L. to obey O.L.UA. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 407 

Jg®~ The figures refer to Vie sections.'WH 

law, 179; violation of law about festivals requires G.M. to sus- 
pend L., 205; hoisting political banner wrong, 208; not allowed 
to have refreshments in L. and ante-room, 202, 203; failure to 
punish immoral conduct of member is offense of L., 629, 191; 
raffles, lotteries, gift-enterprises, etc., forbidden, 197; offense of 
L. to be tried, 186. 

By Officers and 3£embers. Immoral conduct must be pun- 
ished by L., 191, 629: loss of office not proper penalty for im- 
moral conduct, 246; offense to be treated alike in officers and 
members, 249; offense of holder of W. Card to be punished by 
the L. he left. 519, 520, 636; reputed offense not reason for ex- 
cluding visitor, but authorizes report to his L., 547, 631 ; mis- 
conduct before joining Order not offense to be dealt with, 634; 
fraud in joining may be punished, 635 ; offense after joining the 
Order but before joining a L. may be tried by it, 638; political 
controversies not generally affording offenses for Order to deal 
with, yet may do so, 641 ; offense is ground of complaint, 659; 
charges must show offense plainly, and charge a real offense, 
£77-8; confessed offense authorizes penalty without trial, 698; 
conviction must be on the offense charged, 699 ; member not 
tried twice for same offense, 704 ; offense not punished by de- 
priving of benefits, 722; sundry matters not to be treated as of- 
ienses, 651; non-fraudulent indebtedness to be let alone, 643. 

These as offenses:— exposing ballot, 363; perversion of funds, 
425-429; obtaining benefits fraudulently or on sickness caused 
by immorality, 447, 470 ; insult, violence, and want of decorum, 
548; use of unauthorized degrees or work, 573 ; fraudulent use 
of S.A.P.W. to obtain relief, 478 ; use of name of Order, emblems, 
etc., for private purposes, 620 ; absence from funeral, 627; liq- 
uor-selling, 644; countenancing spurious Lodge, 645; treason, 
sedition, etc., 646 ; gambling, 647 ; misrepresenting age, 648 ; neg- 
lecting the sick, 649; non-attendaace of members, 650; con- 
tempt, 75, 652, 653, 673, 675, 676; publishing diploma, chart, odes, 
cards, or anv siipplits, 678 : drunkenness, 723-72o; interference 
with installing officer by N.G., 299. 

[See Official Misconduct, Trials, Charges, Penalty, 
Jurisdiction.] 

OFFICE. Holding office neither confers on a member any right 
or privilege nor takes any from him except as provided by law: 
hence, G. Off. votes in his Sub. L., 93, 256, at an installation 
election as at other times, 300 ; hence, G. GfFs do not vote ex of- 
ficio, in G.Body, 93; hence, N.G. votes on election of members, 
officers, etc., 255, 256; hence, officer is not released from obedi- 
ence to law, 249 ; hence, taking Vis. Card does not deprive of of- 
fice or of power to hold office, 527. Resignation of office carries 
loss of honors, 94,219; office may not be taken on conditions 
nor filled by proxy, 250 ; suspension from office is not an allowed 
penalty, 713 ; removal from office not penalty for immoral con- 
duct, but for official misconduct, 246. 649; suspension from of- 
fice during trial not legal except in G.L.U.S. i.and in O.L. 111.] 
95. 669, 718, 719 [the session G.L. U.S. in 1872 has" condemned the 
Illinois law in '( 95, Const. G.L. 111. IV, 19] ; there is no such of- 
fice as Past Grand, nor is the position of Pep. to G.L. an office, 
217; L. may not create new office, 216; member filling office 
wears its regalia, 608. 

[See Officer, G. Officer. Official Misconduct.] 



408 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 

V&S'T'h.e figures refer to the sections.'Wd 

OFFICER. I. Generally. Forbidden to use name as officer in 
private en terprise, 620; forbidden to sign any diploma, certifi- 
cate or card not issued by G.L.V.S. except \V. Cards to members 
of defuncts'. 873; is not deprived of office or privileges during 
trial, 718, 669 ; is eligible generally if qualified at induction into 
oflice, 238. [See Presiding Officer. 

II. Of G. Bodies.— See Q it a n i > fficeks. 

III. Of Subordinate Lodges. What they are. 214 ; prescribed 
by law: L. may not create other, 216; P.G. or Hep. to O.L. not 
officer, 217; pro tern, officers appointed by presiding officer, 241 ; 
officers have powers and duties as assigned by Charge-Hook, 
constitutions and laws. 2-48: may not fill station by proxy, or 
accept place conditionally, 250; no officer exc. Secretai 
empt from dues, but others may be paid. 252; "paid officer re- 
signing does not forfeit compensation, 253; off's must learn 
work in one month, 254; some off's appointed bv N.G., some 
by V.G.,255, 269; all off's supervised by N.G.. 255, 257; off's 
may study Charge-Books in L.-room only, 259; are merely ex- 
ecutive agents of those bodies and may use seal only under 
laws and orders, 272; off's send card and order for A.T.P.W. to 
absent bro., 497; off's may not grant card, 201, 516; V. Card 
given to off's as to other members, 527; off's sign renewed or 
duplicate card, 530: off's introduce L. visiting in bodv, 551. but 
not entitled to ' honors of Order ', 551 ; off's permitting or aid- 
ing use of spurious degrees violate law, 573; off's confer Beb. 
Dgr.,580; lines on off's necessarily absent are inexpedient. 727: 
so are fines for absence to attend divine service. 72s; officer is 
not excusable as 'absent from town ' who lives out of town, 
729; Trustees not off's., 826; new off's of term to furnish signa- 
tures to G. Sec'y in returns, 855; off's of suspended L. resume 
their places at end of suspension, 887. 

8®* See specially the following titles for such matters relat- 
ing to officers as also relate to these subjects: 

Absence; Cards; Election, part IV; Eligibility, part 
V: Degrees; Degrees, Past Official"; Finks; Honobs 
of Office; Installations; Jewels; Official Mie 
duct; Past Officers; Presiding Offices ; Regalia ; Re- 
moval; Trials; Vacancy; Wobk. 

See, also, sundry officers by name, as N.G., V.G., Warden. O. 
G., I.G., Sec'y, Per. Sec'y, Tbeas. 

IV. Officers. JPast, see Past Officers, 

V. Officers, Presiding, see PRESIDING OFFICES. 

VI. Officers of Degree Lodge. 577, note. 

VII. Officers of Eeb. D*gr. L. 584, 586 : their regalia. 614. 
OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT. Off. misc. ol'X.ii. to bedealtwith 

by G.M. through the Sub. L. and not directly. 105; Dep'y of G. 
M. or a Pep. to G.L. removable for, and how. 150; removal 
from office a proper penalty for off. misc. 246: misuse of seal 
by Sec' j- is off', misc. and does not impugn his veraci" 
failure of Per. Sec'v to pav funds to Treas.. 278. 110; interfer- 
ence of N.G. with installing officer. 299: all off's liable for off. 
misc.; penalty, further trial and penalty. 639 ; cases Of "ff. 
misc., 640; mode of proceedings for off. misc.. 71o; neglect of 
off. to commit Work. 726. 254 : penalty for off. misc. may be re- 
moval from oflice. or fine, or both, but nothing else. 731. 
A P.-: \. E. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 409 

tm~ The figures refer to the sectumsrwa 

O.I.O.F. Abbreviation of ' Order of I independent Odd-Fellows ', 

a title used for tbe Order occasion ally in its early days, but fi- 
nally disowned, 894. 

" OLD WORK. - ' Rehearsal disallowed, 573. 

"OPEN LODGE." i The condition ol a L. duly opened, with. 
quorum present, with legally-presiding officer, assembled on 
regular evening of meeting or in pursuance of a legal call.) 
Cards granted at properly-called special meeting are given in 
'Open Lodge ',791. 

OHhEE, QUESTIONS OF. Decided by presiding officer, sub- 
ject to appeal to the L. only, 845; how treated in G.L. 111., 
82, 83. 
"See Law, Parliamentary ; Pules of Order ; Cushing." 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. In G.L. 111., 81; not prescribed in 
Charge-Book, 803. See Pules or Order., 

OREGON. Query from, in G.L.U.S., 893. 

ORPHANS. Recognized as having claims on the Order, 481 ; 
education of O. proper object of charity of Reb. D.L's, 586, iv, 
4; asylums for O., 9^3. 

See Widows and Orphans.] 

OUTSIDE CONDUCTOR. When he makes no address, 918. 

OUTSIDE GUARDIAN". Must have Sc. Dgr. before installa- 
tion, 233 ; may become Steward, but N.G. not to be required to 
appoint Steward as O.G.. 241 ; may be paid for service, 252 ; must 
not admit members without signal, 287. 

PARLIAMENTARY LAW.- See Law. Parliamentary. 

PASSWORDS. I. Generally. What P.W 's are in use. 484 ; may 
be used, subject to instructions, in proving a brother, 485; may 
be given by G.M. and Dep's onlv in discharge of dutv. and to 
whom, 489, 493. 

II. A.T.JP. W. Primarily for traveling bros. outside of juris- 
diction, but may be used in it, 493; given to receiver of card, 
496; must be known by N.G. and V.G. [C.P. and S.W.], 493; 
given only in line of duty: G. Sire may hot authorize giving 
beyond law, 496 ; G. Rep's transmit A.T.P.W. < given by G. Sire, 
484; to local authorities, 494; in case of no G. Rep., G. Sire 
transmits otherwise, 495 ; A.T.P.W. to be used with card is that 
of year of its date, 496; currency of A.T.P.W. begins Jan. 1st, 
484; order for A.T.P.W. sent to absent bro., 497; order given in 
course, without vote, 499 ; N.G. receiving order for A.T.P.W, 
must confer it, 498; applicant for admission by card must have 
A.T.P.W., and N.G. examines for it, 344. 372: without it he is 
only A.O.F., 344; mode of giving in examination, 538; does not 
authorize admission if card is informal. 541 ; card without A.T. 
P.W. is not enough to admit a bro., 544; committee examining 
not confined to A.T.P.W. and card, 544; one having card and 
A.T.P.W. or order may not be refused admittance for alleged 
immorality, 547; L. visiting in a bodv does not visit bv card 
and A.T.P.W., 549 ; holder of dism. certif. not to have A.T. P. 
W., 756 ; G. Officers giving certifs. <.or cards; to members of de- 
funct Sub's may give A.T.P.W. or order for it. U.S. Journal of 
1S72, last day's jiroceedings. 

III. S.A.P.W.— Given by G. Master, 97: different in the sev- 
eral jurisdictions, in place of which a Q. P.W. may be used, 484; 
N.G. may not permit person without S.A.P.W. to enter or re- 
main in L. (exceptions given too), 486 ; one entitled to it may 



410 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 

M&T- The figures refer to the sections.'&a 
PASS WO H DS - CON r i N u e i>. 
be admitted, 48 i ; to be given on order, 4S8, 491; given by G.M. 
and Dep's officially only, 489; Supporter in N.G.'s chair pro 
tern. [|g265-6] may not authorize giving of S.A.P.W., 490; how 
8. A.P.W. is given in examination, 491; to be given at outer 
door by G. od".s real or titular, 492 ; may he used in place ot 
E.P.W.,501; used by member in visiting in his ou n jui 
tion, but not out of it. .y/>7; S.A.P.W. not to he refused to P.O. 
acting as Warden, 60s; inemlttr not entitled to it to he ad- 
mitted for trial, 703; refusal of S.A.P.W. for arrears, by-laws 
and usage, 754 ; acquiring S.A.P.W. improperly and thus get- 
ting relief is a double fraud. 47s; if in beginning of term mem- 
ber of L. not having S.A.P.W. visits L. where it has been put 
in use, he can not be admitted, Q.L. U.S. Jour, for ia.'2. 

IV. A. P. IV. Degree of Rebekah. Annual, from O. Sire, to all 
of that degree, 484 : used by ladies, at outer door, 502. 

V. E.P. W Called the V.G.'S, 4M, use of, 500, 501. 

VI. Degree P. W's. Never changed, 484; used for proving, 
4S5; used when L. is open in decrees. .500. 

PAST GRAND. PAST GRAND MASTER, PAST GRAND 
REPRESENTATIVE, PAST GRAND Mill:, etc., see next 
title, Fast Officers. 

PAST OFFICERS. I. Generally. Certif. to P. Off. is onlvpri- 
ma-facie evidence of service, etc., 35 ; ' honors ' given to P. OfTs 
visiting out of jurisdiction, how, 127; P. offs receive P.o.D's on 
completion of service, 312; has honors at close of term. 312; no 
honors to P. Degree Master, 577, n. ; regalia of P. Offs when 
visiting, 004; P. Offs in L. make up returns to O.L., 851 ; in pro- 
cession only Offs and P. Oil's wear sashes, 90J; P.G.OfPa for 
Grand Instructors, 125 ; regalia of P.G. OfTs 598. 603. 

[See Honors of Office; Degrees, Past-Official.] 
II. Past Grands. Not name of office or officer, but rank at- 
tained by service as N.G.,217; last passed N.G. is Junior P.G. 
[see that title.,, 217; certain privileges pertain to P.G's, 303; G. 
L. may not abridge or destroy their rank or privileges, 3<«, 34; 
they may disuse these, but not lose them, 308; are the mem- 
bers of G.L's, 34, 37, 67. 308 ; their legislative power may he taken 
away, and position on committees, etc., 34; certif! is prima- 
/acieevidence only, 35; 5 P.G's necessary for a G.L.,36; neglect 
of L. does not deprive of rights, 37; covention of P.G'S as Rep'a 
of Sub's iliegal, 43; P.G's only can have G.L. Degr., 4~> ; may be 
allowed to vote for G. OfTs without presence in G.L.. 48, 90 ; hut 
may not vote by proxy, 52; G.L. may not pay P.G's for attend- 
ance under law to pay Offs and Rep's, 56; how P.G. of other 
Jurisdiction takes place in 111., 67; returns of Sub's are prima- 
facie evidence of standing, etc., 67; P.N.G. eligible as Rep., 69; 
any P.G. eligible to any office in G.L. 111., except <;. Rep., 69; 
only a P.G. can be Rep.. 68 ; only a P.G. can be Dep'y, see form 
of commission, page 310; P.G. being absent, N.G. gives hla 
charge. 262; any P.G. may be N.G. pro lem., 266, 270, 795; or 
called to chair by N.G. on special occasions, 266; P.G. may in- 
stall, 290, 291; may receive P.O.D. and G.L.D. in other jurisdic- 
tion, 810; may be authorized to confer P.O.D's, :;iJ; P.N.G. need 
not wait a term for P.O.D., 312; hro. not recognized as P.G. 
without proof, 315; P.G's acting as G. OfTs at installation give 
P.W., 492; P.G's as such not entitled to A.T.P.W., 493; if card 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 411 

l^W The figures refer to the sections.' = W& 

ranks holder as P.G., he must be so recognized, and have P.O. 
regalia, 539; if qualified otherwise, may visit G.L. U.S., 29; P.O. 
expelled from G.L. still ranks as P.G. in L., 576 ; N.G. of a Reb. 
D.L. must be aP.G.,584, 586; regalia of P.G., 598; jewel, 601; P. 
G. acting as W. to be recognized, 608; discipline not to be re- 
ferred to P.G's, 705; case of P.G. in chair and S.D. member as 
V.G., 797; N.G. does not report himself as P.G. unless so pre- 
viously, 853 ; [new regalia for P.G. who is P.C.P. adopted, 187*2: 
see Addenda, after Preface] ; P.G. proper member of com. to 
examine visitor, 538. 

[See Juxiob Past Grand.] 

III. Past Grand Master. A P.G.M. may install G.M., 91, 92; 
members uf G.L. 111., 67; may announce title when visiting, 
but not entitled to honors of Order, unless on official business, 
128; regalia and jewel, 598, 602; P.G.M. has no special privilege 
in G.L., 93. 

IV. Past Grand Representative. Presence at G.L.L'.S. session 
recorded, etc., 31; wear same regalia as G. Rep's, 603; jewel, 
603. 

V. Past Grand Sire. P.G. Sires are permanent members G. 
L.U.S., with power of moving and debating, not of voting, 10. 

VI. Past Noble Grand. See Past Grand, part II above. 

VII. Past Vice Grand. P.V.G. may act as V.G. and admin- 
ister O.B.N, to candidates, 270; eligible as N.G. in any L. he 
joins, 237, 316; when P.O.D. of P.V.G. is given without service, 
313, 314. 

PAST-OFFICIAL DEGREES. See Degree, part V. 

PENALTY. Four penalties recognized, and their grade, 713 ; no 
others to be used, 713; but one penalty for an offense, except 
off. misc., 713: one penalty only declared in a trial on all 
charges, 713; expulsion is severest penalty, due for worst of- 
fenses only, 714 ; suspension a temporary penalty, never indefi- 
nite except for N.P.D., 715 ; properly indefinite for N.P.D., 735: 
G. Body may determine reasonable length, 715 ; not less than 8 
days, not more than year, 715; effects of suspension, 716; fine 
not proper for immoral conduct, 717; no penalty except on 
trial, 719; certain forms of penalty for bidden, 719, 740; exclusion 
of visitor's or members not allowed, except in certain extreme 
cases, 719, 720, 547, 548 ; no penalty inflicted by ]S .G. except fines 
for absence, etc., 721 ; deprivation of benefits not a proper pen- 
alty ior offense, 722; prescribed penalties for drunkenness, 723; 
if bro. is reinstated after expulsion, penalties for further offense 
follow as at first, 724; penalties fixed by G.L. are to be strictly 
followed by L., 726 ; penalty for non-attendance of officer, when 
unadvisable, 727-8; officer liable for neglect of duty, absence, 
etc., 729; punishment of off. misc., 731 ; penalty not necessarily 
kept secret, 733. 

G.L. may punish G.Rep. by removal, 17, 18; may punish 
members, 73; no penalty on Lodge without opportunity of de- 
fense (sundry exceptions;, 186 ; penalties on L. for failure to re- 
port to G. Sec'y all repealed, 868; no penalty to be inflicted ex- 
cept by one's own L. or G.L.,630; Sub. L's may not create other 
penalties than authorized by law, 841; penalties to be in by- 
laws, not in rules of order, 844 ; L's must punish offending mem- 
bers, 191, 629; must inflict some penalty on conviction, 692; 
mode of voting penalty in trial, 690; can there be two votes oa 



412 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 

G&~Tfte figures refer to the sectiont.'^M 

PEN A LT V - C< >N i i N i • k I >. 
expulsion? 093, and A ddkxha, at close of Preface ; bow pen- 
alty of suspension is determined, 090 : expulsion on confession,, 
698; when definite penalty is declared by law, how pronounced, 

7uo: penalty voted only at regular meeting, or s] ial m< 

for trial, 6D7: increase of duo not allowed as penalty, 740: cer- 
tain specified acts for which no penalty may he inflicted. 651; 
penalty for neglecting the sick. 04!) ; refusal to submit to pen- 
alty is contempt, 632. 

see Trial. Offense, Suspension, Reprimand. Fink. Offi- 
cial Misconduct, and related titles! 

PER DIEM.— See Mileage and Peb Diem. 

PERIODICALS. Improper use of name of Order, etc., by peri- 
odicals, how dealt with, 620; periodicals in name of the < >rder" 
are issued on authority of editors and publishers only, without 
official authority , 897 ; liberal encouragement to periodicals 
advised, 898; use of local press to advance interests of Order 
recommended, s9s. Sec Press. 

PERMANENT SECRET A RY. An optional elective officer of 
Sub. L., 214; no by-law needed tor election of P.S.. 223 ; proper 
time to choose is in December, 22:*; duties of l'.s. performed by 
Sec'y if no P.s. is chosen. 271: l'.s. elected annually, 278; du- 
ties of P. S., 278; exempt from dues, 278; may be required to 
give bond, 279; P.S. may correct error in his accounts, of what- 
ever effect. 2*0, b; service as P.S. gains no P.O.D.,309; pay- 
ment to Treas. acting as V.S.pro tent, is a valid pavment to L. t 
394; P>. can not demand \V. Card till his accounts are settled, 
527: P.S. reports to N.G. names of members to be dropped, 743; 
P.S. makes out annual return to O.I,.. 860. 
sec i Officer, Secretary. 

PETITION. 1. The request for admission to membership sent 
to L. or E. by applicant, through a member; or a request for 
restoration to membership. 2. The request for warrant to 
open a new Subordinate or Grand Body. :*. other requi 

1. Equivalent to Proposition, which see: see, also, Rein- 
statement. 

2. Petitions for new L. to be signed by 5 or 10. 166; sent with 
cards and charter fee to G. Sec'y. 100. 171); referred in « ■ 
Committee on State of Order, 81, 134; may be granted or re- 
fused. 165. 170. See Charter, etc. 

3. Petitions for reinstatement of expelled must state facts, 
etc., 782; go to G. Master in recess, or to G.L., 783. 782. 

PHYSICIAN. Certificate of physician may be required as 
proof of sickness. 4oi, -i~A ; when he may ask exemption from 
service as watcher. 906 ; on excusing him from funei 
note. 

PICNIC— See Kisrrv m.. 

POLITICS. The Ritual prohibits introduction of political de- 
bates into a Lodge-room. I., may not raise political banner, 
or make or share political demonstration, 208; arraignment on 
political controversy contrary to principles of the < >rdi i 

POLYNESIANS not eligible to membership. :;2o. 

PRAYER. May be used to ..pen G. and Sub. l/s and 1 
not integral part of work except in Encamp'ts, 904 : n 

--igned to any unwilling brother, !*>! : no forms adopted by 
(i. L. l'.s. except as in Ritual of Enc't .903: adoption of form by 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 418 

ti!W The figures refer to the sections.~W& 

Sub. L. not good policy, 905; not to be printed in by-laws, 905; 
prayer at funeral, law of and form of, 624; duty of Chaplain in 
G.L. and Sub. L., 120, 904; required iu G.L. 111., and its place in 
order, 76, 81. 

PRESIDING OFFICER. (Specifically, see Grand Sire, 
Grand Master. Xoble Grand, etc. But the following sec- 
tions mention Presiding Officer generally, though many rules 
assigned to one officer specifically really apply to all others 
who preside, i 

In G. Body, calls body to order in hall of last previous meet- 
ing, etc., 38; in G.L. 111., is selected by G.L. in absence of G.M. 
and D.G.M., 111; appoints pro tern, officers, 241 ; decides quest- 
ions of order, 845 ; must announce result of ballot reported by 
tellers before any thing else is done, 49; introduces his L. or E. 
•when visiting in a body, 549; receives P. W's from superior offi- 
cer, 489; appoints examining committee on card of visitor, 538 ; 
sees that card is in date when admitting visitor without re- 
peating examination, 542. 

PRESS. Use of local press recommended, 898. 
[See Periodicals.] 

PRESUMPTION. Not made in favor of L. in trial beyond the 
record, 706 (and Peston case, Jl. L.S. for 1872) ; in favor of ac- 
cused till proved guilty, 718. 

PREVIOUS QUESTION. Rule of in G.L. 111., 84. See, also, 
Rules of Order for Sub. L..J9. 297. 

PRICES.— See Supplies, or \ 874. 

PROCEEDINGS. Journal ol proceedings without seal or at- 
testation not official to G.L. U.S., 4. 

[See Journal.] 
Proceedings of L. not legal unless charter is in room, 788 ; 
Sec'y records proceedings, 271 ; proceedings not invalid when 
V.G. is not in N.G.'s chair in his absence, 266. 

[See Meetings, Records, and Chapter XXVII.] 

PROCESSION. Order of funeral procession, 622; persons not 
members of Order may not join any procession, 902; holder of 
"W. Card has no right to join without consent, 903; order of pro- 
cessions generally same as for funeraL900; G. Rep. 's place in 
procession, 901; in procession only officers and past officers 
wear sashes, 900; place of Enc't in procession, 900 ; note on rule 
■of procession and reason of it, 900 ; suggested form of Enc't pro- 
cession, 1078.. 

Dispensations for procession, 154; processions, except for fu- 
nerals, not allowed without dispensation or special law, 196, 612 ; 
dispensation for joining other societies, etc., required, 206. 

PROPERTY. Property of a Lodge is trust property, for cer- 
tain uses, and may not be divided among members, 425; divis- 
ion of L. property prohibited and to be prevented by civil law, 
405, 427, 428; duty of G.M. to prevent division of property, 428; 
L's may not unite membership and property except under laws 
of G.L. , 420 (law for such union, 189) ; L's may not dissolve union 
of membership and property. 190; property of Sub. becoming 
defunct goes to G. Body, in trust, 185, 187, 426, and kept to await 
revival, 882, but may be sold by G. Sec'y if revival is hopeless, 
883; property returned on revival of Subord., 187, 884, but not to 
less than quorum of former members, 885 ; G.L. should use 
assets of defuncts for certain purposes, 426, 888; L. may not sell 



414 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 

B®~ The figures refer to the sectiont.'^&X 

PROPERTY — Continued. 
effects so as to hinder working, 900 ; property should be insured, 
914, 200, 115. 

[see Funds, Loan, Revenue, etc." 

PROPOSITION, i The proposal to admit a person to member- 
ship in L. or H.. often r-alled a petition, because considered as 
the expression of the wish of the person proposed, i Must be 
made in writing by member, and how. 355; recorded and re- 
ferred, 355; accompanied by fee, and belongs to L., 355; must 
be presented before discussion of character of man. 356; may 
be withdrawn, with consent, but not without, before report, 357, 
358; election without petition is informal and invalid, 35!); ac- 
tion of committee on proposition, 360; ballot on each separate- 
ly. 361; L. must ballot on proposition reported on, 362. Petition 
of person claiming to have been member, but unable to show 
it, 347, 348. 

[See Membership. Committee, Reports, Ballot, Election, 
Admission by Card, Reinstatement, 

PROSECUTING. Prosecuting committee in trials, 663; evi- 
dence may be introduced by prosecution as justice requires, 
685; prosecution in change of venue, 7<I2; prosecuting commit- 
tee notified if illegality is found in trial enough to set aside re- 
sult, 707. [See Trials. Committee.] 

PROXY. L. not represented by proxy member of other L., 68; 
Rep. to G.L. may not appoint proxy for himself. 69; Past 
Grands may not vote by proxy, 52; officer may not till station 
by proxy, 250; officer may not be installed by proxy. 301 ; proxy 
application for W. Card illegal, etc.. 510; proxv defense on trial, 
676, 702. 

PUBLISH. Names of persons suspended or expelled not to be 
published, except by proper authority, for public good, 732, 733; 
names no longer published by G.L.TJ.S., 734. 
see Journals, Periodica ls. 

QUALIFICATION. For visitor to G.L. U.S.. 29; qualification 
for membership fixed by G.L.U.S., and not to be changed by 
any G. Body. 326 still less by any Subordinate; see Addenda). 

[See Membership, Eligibility, Election, Degrees, Of- 
fice, Officer, Installation, and other titles.] 

QUESTION. I. Of Law or Usage. Inquiries entertained by G. 
L.U.S. onlv when coming in appeal or submitted by a. Body, 
9; decided by G. Sire when coming from G.M..G. P., Oi G. Rep., 
20; Subord's under a G. Body may not present question- 
Hire, 25; in (4.L. 111., such question answered only from a L. un- 
der seal, 7S; questions go to Judiciary Committee, 136, 137; l>i- 
gests and Journals show how to decide questions: committees 
should refer to these, 141 ; decisions of G. Sire on questions 
binding onlv on parties submitting them, 20, and note; decis- 
ions of G.M. binding till reversed, 97, 100; Dep'y of G.M. decides 
questions in his place, but only on matters referred to him, 
157-8-9. see Decisions, Appeals. 

II. Of Order and Parliamentary Ism). Decided in L. by pre- 
siding olhcer and L., finally, 845; Cushina's Manual authority 
for, 846; Rules of Order, etc. in G.L. II!.., si 84, and page* 27*- 
82; proposed for Subord's, given in M. ('ode.;/. 296. 
[See Previous Question and Law, Parliamentary. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 415 

8®" The figures refer to the sections. "WA 

QUORUM. In G.L.U.8., Kep's of majority of constituent O. 
Bodies, 10; five P.G's necessary for G.L.,30; in G.L. 111., twenty 
Rep. members a quorum, 76; quorum of L. is live, including 
one qualilied to preside. 176, 795. 8s3 ; records should show a 
quorum present (.ascertained by calling roll, 1 . 795; L. not 
opened nor able to do business without quorum, 795; L. may 
not make by-law on quorum, 841 (4) ; quorum of Enc't is seven, 
176. 884; quorum of Reb. Dgr. L. is ten, 584 i4,p. 586, iv, 3. 
L See Meetings.] 

RACE, as affecting eligibility to membership, 325. 

RAEELES not allowed for benefit of L. or in the Order, 197. 

RANK. Defined, 574-5; rank not given by obtaining G.E, De- 
gree in G.L. U.S.. 14; rank follows name in Jl. G.L. U.S., 15; P. 
G. is a rank, not an office, 217; G.L. may not abridge privileges 
of rank of P.G.. 34,308; elective G. Off. superior iu rank toDep'y 
G.M.,306; members of G.L. 111. designated in debate by rank, 
81; P.G.M. is a rank, ;>3; proof of rank of P.G. necessary to 
recognition as P.G., 315; rank to be named in card, 504; rank 
named in card not evidence of rank, but shows degrees for 
proving visitor, or in case of P.G., his regalia, 503, 539 ; P.G. ex- 
pelled from G.L. has rank of P.G. still. 576; in Annual Return, 
names arranged by rank, 863. 

RATCHET. Use forbidden, 917. 

READMISSION— See Admission by Card, Reinitiation - , 
Reinstatement. 

EEBEKAH DEGREE.— See Degrees. 

REBEKAH-DEGREE LODGE— See Degree Lodge, D. oe R. 

RECONSIDERATION of a ballot on a candidate for member- 
ship forbidden, with one exception, 364, 367, 365; vote giving W. 
Card ruay not be reconsidered, 533 ; nor vote sustaining charges, 
694. 

RECORD. G.L. may omit proceedings from record, 44 ; L. must 
record all proceedings, even errors, 805; power to amend rec- 
ords is only power to correct errors, 805: unsatisfactory record 
to be amended, 806 ; proper time and manner, erasure and in- 
terlining being wrong, 807 ; record showing candidate rejected, 
it may not be changed to allow member to change vote, 368; 
G. Sec'y keeps records G.L., 113; G.M. may inspect and copy 
or cause to be copied records of L., 103 ; G.L. may require cop- 
ies, 103; presentation of Deputy's commission recorded, 153; 
Dep'y to keep record of his acts, 152; full records of all things 
in a trial to be kept, 677; after change of venue, judgment re- 
corded on books of removing L.,702; records in trial must 
show fair dealing. 706 ; at all meetings, records should show 
quorum present, 795; G.L's may not require Subord's to muti- 
late records, 810; G. Bodies may allow L's working in foreign 
languages to beep .records in same, 809; permissions given in 
111., 811; records of degree meetings go into special book. 808; 
records of defunct go to G.L. [G. Sec'y], 187, 354; if records of 
defunct L. are lost, G. Off 's may issue cards on other evidence, 
8f0; proposition for membership goes on record, 355; resigna- 
tion of membership goes on record, 554; record of one trial 
available in other controversy, 687; black-book records names 
of expelled, etc. 711; records under control of L., which can 
grant copies to interested parties, 708. 

[See Proceedings, Journals.] 



416 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest.— index. 

«Sg~ The figures refer to the sections.'^& 

REELECTION. No restriction on reelection of officers, 230. 

KEFEHENCK TAI1LES, for comparing Journals '..L.l'.s. ami 
G.L. HI. with calendar yearn, and for comparing this and 
former Diukst, Appendix IX .p<uj<-s -i^ '■>. 

EEFRESHMEXTS, excluded from Lodge-rooms, 2<r2. 201; not 
to be paid for from funds of L., nor special fund established for 
the purpose, 4<i7. History of abolition of the use of liquor in 
Lodge-room-, see in (4. L.L'.s. Journal of 1872, obituary of P.O. 
Rep. Ma thiol. 

REFUSAL to -land trial. 673 ; refusal of benefits by brother cuts 

them off during that sickness, 441 : refusal of benefits by I... 

Bknkk.it>. Kefusai to give \V. ( 'ard.517. 

REGALIA, described and general laws given, Chapter XX t 
596,621. Regalia of members and officers. 596; aprons, 587: Of 
P.G's, 598; of supporters in degree meetings. '>'X>: u.L. 111. fur- 
nishes no regalia to members, but all must wear regalia in 
session, 81.1.0! i ; regalia of G. Bep. and P.G. Rep., 603; G. Bep.- 
elect may not wear regalia of G. Bep.. 14; all visitors may wear 
regalia of highest degree taken, even Enc't regalia in a G.L. 
or L., 604-5 : members may always wear the colors of all tbeir 
degrees, 590. *M">~> ; but may not wear regalia of Enc't in G.L. or 
L. except as visitors, 604-5 ; everv member must wear suit- 
able regalia, of office or highest rank, tint; -7 8: G.M. visiting 
officially wears G.M.'s regalia, I'M; regalia of pro ttm. offi- 
cer, as afV.G. acting N.G.,267, 609; regalia necessary on enter- 
ing L.. and for remaining in it, 610, 799; regalia of .Jr. P.G., till ; 
procession or festival in regalia onlv under allowance of law 
or dispensation. 154,204,612; regalia oi D. of R., 613, 614; funeral 
regalia. 615-16-17: use of swords, belts, etc.. etc.. as regalia for- 
bidden, 61*; no regalia to be used except as authorized by G.L. 
U.S.. 572. 618. 46; regalia as property of L. not to lie altered by 
member. 61!": regalia not worn at funeral of brother's wife or 
one having D. of B.. 625; L's may not require members to fur- 
nish regalia. 609; regalia in procession, 612, 900; L. may not sell 
its regalia so as to be unable to work, 909; F.'i.'s regalia to be 
given to visitor called P.G. in his card, 539; L. may assess tax 
to buy official regalia, 413. 

See .Tk.wki.s. 

REGISTBATIOX of letters to G. Sec'y with money not required 
now as formerlv. 212. 

REINITIATION. Not allowed; but persons claiming former 
membership failing to prove it may be initiated thus in fact, 
some times, reinitiated I, 349, 350. 
REINSTATEMENT. . The recovery of full membership, or 
the act of replacing in membership, after a loss of it by expul- 
sion, suspension, or dropping.) 

Reinstatement after loss of membership by N.l'.D., 744, and 
Addenda; 111. law on same, 749; application verbal by friend, 
or written, 750; not reconsidered when perfected. 751 ; if re- 
fused, money returned, 753; G.L. may reinstate without con- 
sent of L. by reversing decision. 757; person expelled reinstat- 
able only with consent of G.L. or G.M.. 776, 779 and <L Sire's 
decis. 12 in 1*72 : suspended person reinstated by expiry of 
time of suspension, only, 780; reinstatement after expulsion 
requires same vote as expulsion, 781 ; no terms but the legal re- 
quirements to be asked or offered, 781 ; only reinstatement al- 



ILLINOIS OLD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 417 

*&§= The figures refer to the sections. ,~Wik 

lowed is into one's former L., 781; petitions for reinstatement 
must state facts, etc., 782; G.M. acts on petitions for reinstate- • 
ment, 776 and note, 783 ; no resignature needed on reinstate- 
ment, 784; reinstated member regains all honors, 785; one re- 
instated after dropping does not at once have right to benefits, 
752; time of reobtaining benefits fixed by L. or by-law, 450; 
one suspended for cause does not lose right to benefits on rein- 
statement, 466; reinstatement into non-beneficial member- 
ship, 382; reinstatement of Enc't member into L. to be notified 
to Enc't by Sec'y, 275. 

REJECTION. Is by ballot only, 362; not to be set aside by 
change of ballot or of record, 368; rejection by three balls, 362; 
legal reconsideration of rejection, 367; notice to other L's, 380; 
no new ballot on same person for six months, 381. 

PiELIEF. ( Regular weekly or funeral benefits : also, charitable 
donations.; See in general Chapter XV, page 101. 

No pecuniary relief to be given to one admitted as non-ben- 
eficial, 382 ; duty of L. to see that bro. in distress is attended to, 
429 ; relief given on card to be repaid, 464 ; L. bound to repay 
relief given for proper reasons, sick benefits, etc., but not for 
other causes, 477 ; L. not responsible for relief fraudulently ob- 
tained, 478; no pecuniary compensation for ordinary assist- 
ance, 473; no specific annuity to widows by our laws, but al- 
lowance suited to circumstances, 479. 

[See Aid, Charity, Donation. Bi 
IELIEF COMMITTEE.— See Commit 

REMISSION, of dues, not allowable, 403; of fines, allowable 
only in case of legal excuse, 730, 727. 

REMOVAL. 1. Of Hub. L. or E. to new location. Not in official 
power of G.P. or G.M. under general laws, 108; special laws, 
108, note. 

II. Of Dep'y or Rep. How effected and when legal, 150. 

III. Of Officer. Officer of L. absent more than three even- 
ings may be removed after 4th absence, if this be done at once, 
but not if overlooked a while, 247; officer taking card and, 
without resigning, leaving for avowedly long absence may be 
removed at once, 247; officers removable only under laws of 
G.L.,246; removal from office proper penalty for absence or 
official misconduct, 246, 710, 731, but not for immorality, 246; of- 
ficer installed not removable for absence if there is no local 
law, 246; officer absenting himself from installation in any 
way may be removed at once, 244, 245 ; officer failing to com- 
mit his part removable, 254. 726 ; Dep'y has no power to remove 
officer, L. only can do it, 162; G.M. can not remove officer, 105. 

IV. Of Grand Officer. How done, and for what, 95. 

V. Of Trustees. How done, and for what, 827. 

VI. Of Trial— See Venue, or U 701-2. 

[See Vacancy, Penalty, Suspension, Official Miscon- 
duct.] 
RENUNCIATION. Not a legal resignation, 553. 
REPORT. I. Of a Committee. See Committee; especially, in 
G.L. affairs, 81, 131, 142, 85; on Sub. L. affairs. 360. 666, 802. 

II. Of G.L. Officers. Made- by G.M., 97 ; by G. Sec'y, 115 ; to be 
printed, 115 ; referred in G.L.. 134, 135. 

III. Of Installations. How made out and sent, 296. 

IV. Of Lodges.— See Returns. 

27 



418 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest.— index. 

%^" The figures refer to the sections. "WSk 

REPRESENTATIVE. I. To G.Z.U.S.-See Grand Repre- 
sentatives. 

II. To Grand Lodge. Each L. has one, and but one, 68; he 
must represent his own L. only.os: must lie l'.< i. in good stand- 
ing, 69; retiring X.G. eligible, 69 this set aside by G.L. U.S. in 
1872 in certain cases; see Addenda ; Rep. may not appoint 
proxy, 69; term of Rep. is 2 yrs, 70; division into classes, 70; 
needs no certificate 2d year. 7o; when and how chosen. 71; cre- 
dentials, form of, 72; credentials lor vacancy, 70, note; certifi- 
cate in duplicate, one copy to G. Sec'y,72; mileage ami per 
diem paid to Rep's, 74; rules of allowance of M. and P.D., 74, 
75; 20 Rep's make quorum. 76; Rep. casts vote of L. on call of 
Lodges, so ; G.M. requested to make certain appointments from 
Rep's, 132; Rep's on committees have extra pay for one day if 
attending in advance, 142; Rep. becomes Dep'y when com- 
missioned by G.M., and then only. 144. 145; G.M. not obliged to 
appoint Rep. as Dep'y. 146; Rep. not superseded or removed 
except by G.M. on address of the L. for neglect of duty. 147, 1-50; 
Junior P.G. may be elected Rep. [but not until he has passed 
thechair. see Addenda , 217; Rep. lias no additional privilege in 
L., 2S8; supplies maybe delivered to Rep., 878; Rep. has no 
vote when seat is contested. 813; may not leave G.L. without 
permission, 75; has no privilege in G.L. if his L. is in arrears, 

Representative bodies judge qualification of their members, 
37. 
[See Grand Lodge, G.L. Ielixots, Grand Bod v. etc., 

REPRIMAND. Third grade of penalty, 713, 629; can be indicted 
only after a trial. 719; prescribed penalty for first offense of 
drunkenness, 723; censure mar not be passed bv L. on member 
of another L.. 630. 

RESIDENCE. G. Rep. must reside in state represented. 12; G. 
Bodies may allow residents to join Subord's not in their juris- 
dictions, 58; residence in 111. not requisite for G. Offici 
non-residence reason for removing a Dep'y of G.M. , 150; resi- 
dents of one county may ask for L. in another county, 168.; 
applicant for membership must join nearest L. except in cities, 
332; penalty on L. receiving member contrary to this law, 332, 
340; distance estimated in view of convenience, and not by air- 
line, 332, 334; a German may not join remoter German L. with- 
out consent of nearer English-speaking L., 333; temporary res- 
idence not sufficient qualification. 334;' residence of il months 
prior to initiation required in Illinois, except in case of refer- 
ences in the Order. 336 ; person elected at or near residence may 
not be initiated elsewhere, 335; residence prior to admission by 
card may not be required by law. 337: L. or E. may not admit 
as member one from another jurisdiction without leave of a. 
M. or G. P., under penalty. 338; privileges as member not less 
by non-resident membership. 33s; dispensation to initiate non- 
resident can not legalize it. 339; holder of card bound by same 
rules of residence, 342; bro. may not take W. Card and join L. 
away from his residence, except to organize new L.. 343: resi- 
dence of brother in the army is at place of enteriug the army, 
if his family is there. t55; benefits or V. Card not t<> be refused 
to bro's residing abroad, or in California, or hazardous climate. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 419 

^P The figures refer to the sections. ?W&. 

465, 506; residence away from. L. does not excuse absent officer, 
729; testimony of non-resident witness, how taken, 682. 
See Membership.! 

RESIGNATION. I. Of Office. Installed officer can resign by 
consent only, 218 ; resignation forfeits honors of office, and P.O. 
D.. but not compensation for actual service, 94, 219, 309, 253; if 
officer-elect resigns, new election held forthwith. 245; officer 
departing without resignation vacates office in stated case, 247. 
II. Of Membership. Mode of terminating membership, 319, 
553 ; severs completely from the Order, 553 ; person resigning 
becomes A.O.F. at once, 350; resignation should be written, 
553; renunciation is not resignation. 553; L. not bound to ac- 
cept resignation when there is ground of charges, but they 
must be brought immediately, etc., 554; resignation not ac- 
cepted in pendency of charges, or in case of indebtedness. 553, 
554; no action on resignation but to record it, 554; member 
holding W. Card may surrender it (same as resignation), 534; 
if W. Card is refused, applicant may resign and demand certifi- 
cate, 517 ; member of B.D.L. joining another without resigning 
is out of first E.D.L. . 590. 

RESUSCITATION of a Lodge— See Revival. 

RETURNS. • The regular reports of its work made by a Gr. or 
Sub. L. or E. to its superior G. Body : often called Reports.) 

I. Of Gr.B. to G.L. U.S. "What they must be, 61, 62; made out 
by G. Sec'y or G. Scribe, on form furnished. 61, 62 ; to correspond 
with fiscal year G.L.U.S. and sent by April 1st, with dues, 32, 
61; include names of G.M. or G.P., G. Sec'y, G. Scribe, with ad- 
dresses, etc., 62. 

II. Of Subordinates, especially of Sub. Z's. Outgoing officers 
make out and certify at close of term report of work of L., 851; 
Sec'y makes it out, 271 ; but Per. Sec'y makes Annual Report, 
860 ; officers in chairs when report is presented sign it. 856 ; new 
officers furnish their signatures in it, 855; retiring N .G-. may 
not report himself a P.G. unless so previously, 853 ; when ap- 
proved by L., Sec'y may not alter, 852; Dep'y to see that re- 
turns are duly made, and made before installation, 151, 294; 
Dep'y may not interfere with or disapprove if L. approves, 295 ; 
G. Sec'y authorized to prescribe form and make regulations, 
857; duplicate to be kept, recorded, 858; time of making re- 
turns, 859, 860 ; names, not numbers only, reported, 861 ; real 
reasons of suspensions and expulsions given, 862; Annual Re- 
port lists members by degrees. 663 ; how returns are forwarded, 
864; not delayed for installation, 865; cap. tax sent with re- 
turns, 866; L. pays expense of sending, 86/ : penalties for fail- 
ure to send repealed, 868 : but failure to report a year makes L. 
defunct by law and forfeits charter. 881 ; neglect of E. to report 
does not deprive N.G. of the term of his honors and rights, 37; 
last report of a L. shows its vote in G_.L., 68 ; returns a.re prima- 
facie evidence of a P.G.'s standing, 6/. 

Returns of R.D.L., 588; return made of libraries belonging 
toL'sin 111., 899. 
REVENUE. May be raised by G. Body even without constitu- 
tional provision. 44; assessment upon Subord's, 54; enumera- 
tion of some means of revenue does not exclude others, 55. 
See Dues, Eees, Funds, Fixasce, G. Bodies, Assessment, 
and other related titles;] 



420 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 

J8Sg= The figures refer to the sections.'^fk 

REVIVAL, of defunct Sub. L.or E.,niay be effected by quorum 
of former' members, with old name, number ami effects.lTB, 
8*2; none of the revivers to be then members uf other Sub- 
ord's,884 ; revival may be had with only one former member, if 
others can not be found. s85; not all former members restored 
by a revival, s>6. how thev mav be restored. 351 : at revival of 
suspended or expelled L., old officers resume places, 887. 
[See Form2&,p. 317, and next title in tins Index. 
REVIVED LODGE. Eligibility to olhce in revived L., 236; P. 
O. Degrees to first N.G. and V.G. in revived L... 313; length of 
first term of revived I... 226. ^See Revival.] 
REVOKE— See Annul. 
ROOM.— See Lodge-Ri >om. 

ROOM WARDEN. Not an officer of Sub. L., 216. 
ROSETTES. Mav be worn with regalia, and how. 596. 
ROYAL-PURPLE DEGREE.— See Degrees, Division VI, and 

Encampment Index. 
RULES OF ORDER. I. Of Q.L. Illinois. In full, page 27s ; in 
svnopsis. \\ 81-85; are chiefly the general practice, 81 ; may be 
amended or rescinded only on notice of one da;. 

II. Of Sub. Lodae. L. mav adopt, and should do so, 831, 843; 
how suspended. 843; penalties should not be in P.O., 844; order 
of business in Charge-Book not compulsory, 803; Rules of 
Model Code given, recommended, but not prescribed, page 296. 
SABBATH. Mav not be used for meetings, 789; nor for com- 
mittee work-. s24; nor for pleasure excursions. '.(22. 
SALARY, mav be paid to Sec'y, but not made retrospective, . 

252. 
SASHES. Worn bv appointed officers in L., 596; or by P.G's, 

598; in processions, onlv bv officers and past officers, 900. 
SCANDINAVIAN. G.L. 111. may allow L's to work in Scandi- 
navian tongues. 211. 

See Foreign Language. 
SCARLET DEGREE.- see Decrees, Divisions IT and III. 
SCARLET-DEGB.ee MEMBERS. May lie admitted to <;. In- 
stallation, 45, note, and 77 ; mav not vote for G. < Hficers, 4> ; not 
eligible as N.G. on one term's service, etc.. 23d; eligible under 
dispensation, if all others qualified refuse. 2<o; necessary for 
application for new Lodge in certain case-., nw; : some times tills 
V.G.'s chair. 270; entitled to certificate of standing to join En- 
campment. 277; larger benefits may be allowed to S.D. mem- 
bers, 443: S.D. member mav assist N.G. in conferring degrees. 
but not confer them, 566; entitled to Reb. Degree for self and 
wife. 57s: their widow-- entitled to Reb. Degr. in certain oa-e-. 
582: certain R.D.L. officers must bes.D. member-. 
SCRIBE so far as concerns L. business, only ; for other matters, 
seethe Encampment Index ... To furnish Sec'y list of Knc't 
members in his L., and to receive information in return, 278. 
SEAL. Seal of G.L.U.S. in keeping of G.C. and R. Sec'y, used 
onlv on papers from his office; use on private diploma for roy- 
alty refused. 22 ; each G.B. has G. Seal, and sends impression 
to G.L.U.S. in wax, 63; seal must be on constitutions and of- 
ficial pamphlets sent to G.L.U.S., 4 and .11. G.L.U.S. for ls72 : 
communications from G.M. valid without seal, though he is 
generallv furnished with paper having it. 107; receipts of G. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 421 

&W The figures refer to the sections.' = W&. 

Sec 'y valid without G. Seal, 115; seal must be impressed, uot 
affixed or pasted on, 195. 

L. must have seal, and use on all official papers, 194, 878 ; 
proof impression sent to G. Sec'y, 194 ; to be used by Sec'y only, 
and only as required by law, 272 ; character of unofficial paper 
under seal, 273; card must have seal, 504; unauthorized use of 
seal is official misconduct, 640, 273 ; member making copy of a. 
seal of G. or Sub. L., or using a seal not in his official custody, 
to be expelled, 654. 

SEAMAN CASE (appeal to G.L.U.S.). Decision cited, 507. 

SECRECY. Required in respect to ballot, 363, 651 (5) ; not re- 
quired except of transactions private in nature, 651 f6) ; re- 
quired as to name of informant, 665 ; violated by publishing 
names of persons expelled for N.P.D., 732. 
[See Divulging.] 

SECRETARY. Is elective officer of L., 214 ; his duties, 271 ; ex- 
empt from dues, and may have salary too, 271 , 2o2 ; use of seal 
by Sec'y, 272-3; sends to G. Sec'y immediate notice of suspen- 
sions or expulsions, 274; sends same to Enc't, if Scribe has 
given list of Enc't members, 273 ; gives notice to watchers, 276 ; 
issues certificate of standing and grade to applicant for Enc't 
membership, 277; should not pay money to Treas. not legallv 
installed, with bond, 280, a; Past Sec'y has a P.O.D., 309; fee of 
applicant in custody of Sec'y, 390; Sec'y pays dues when tak- 
ing V. Card, 399; attests card, 504; may not withhold a granted 
card, 512: if financial officer, must settle accounts, etc., before 
taking W. Card, 527. 

Sec'y gives accused a copy of charges and citation, 670 ; how 
lie may send or give summons, 671 ; cites witnesses, 681 ; his 
duty in obtaining testimony of a remote witness, 682; files de- 
fense of accused, if requested, 708; records droppings for N.P. 
D., 745 ; signs and issues Dism. Cert, without vote, 755 ; must re- 
cord all proceedings, legal or not, 805: his record may be cor- 
rected, 806 : but he may not correct it without orders, if once 
accepted, 807; Sec'y should not be Trustee, if avoidable, 826 ; 
signs reports to G.L., 856 ; may not alter reports after accepted, 
852 ; applies for degrees for brothers, 560 ; how he makes out re- 
ports, 851 to 863 

[See Offices, Office, Permanent Sec'y, Returns, Rec- 
ords, and titles relating to duties of Sec'v.] 

SECRETARY, PERMANENT- See Perm 'nt Secretary. 

SESSIONS. I. Of G.L. U.S. Time and place, 28 (Historical list. 
p. 344) ; visitors admitted, but not to secret sessions. 29; no jour- 
nal of secret sessipn printed, 30 ; record of P.G. Rep's at sess- 
ion, 31. 

II. Of G. Body. In default of special order, to be at last place 
of assembling, 38. 

III. Of G.L. III. (Historical Information, App'x. page 345.) 
Regular session in October, 2d Tuesday, 76 ; opened with prayer, 
76; meaning of word ' meeting ', 87 ; power of G.M. to call sess- 
ions, 97. 

IV. Of Subordinates.— See Meetings. 

SICK, CARE OF. Brother liable to same penalty for neglect 
of transient and home sick, 649; sick entitled to care without 
reference to state lines, 907; by-laws may not set limits to 
watching service, 841 (.7); physician in active practice should 



422 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest.— index. 

«gp The figures refer to the sections.^W&i 

SICK. CARE OF — CONTINUED. 

be excused front watching service, 906; L. may not ask pay for 
care of sick, 473; legal summons to attend sick. 671 ; bro. sick 
while holding card entitled to assistance, 519. 
[See Relief, Sickness, Benefits, Visiting Committee. 

SICKNESS. Defined, 4:>2 : may be shown to exist, despite prima- 
facie case to contrary, 483 ; if caused by immorality, no benefits 
due. 44< : member in arrears can not gain rights by paying up 
during sickness. 44s; L. may require evidence of sickness 
absent bro., 451 ; if notice of sickness is required, one unable to 
give it is excusable, 452; notice may be given to L., to N.G.. V. 
G.. or Vis. Committee. 454; case of failure to give notice. 45»i. 

'See Sick. Care of; Benefits, Relief, VisiTINQ Commit- 
tee, etc.; 

SIGNATURE. Signing constitution required, 373: card of ap- 
plicant may be reclaimed by him until signing Const., in 111.. 
375: signature not erased on expulsion, etc., 784; signatures of 
new elective officers required in returns, .^55; returns not de- 
layed for signatures of regular officers, 86-5; signature of G.C. 
arid R. Sec'y needed on card, but not of state G.Sec'y, SM; 
holder of card signs it. 504; application for W. Card must be 
signed by applicant, 510. 

SOCIETY. Benevolent, in Reb. Dgr., 594-5; bro's attending a 
funeral in ranks of another society liable to penalty for non- 
attendance as O.F., 627; prohibition of other work in L. room 
does not apply to other societies using room, 573. 

SOUTHERN CA RI.». legalized, 505. 

SPURIOUS LODGES, law against, 645.— See Work of the Or- 
der. 

STANDARD TRACT— See Tract, Standard, or gf 874. 875. 

STANDING COMMITTEES- See Committee. 

STATE OF THE ORDER— See Committee. 

STEWARD. May be chosen, but is not officer of L., 216; O.G. 
may be Steward, but N.G. may not be required to appoint 
Steward as O.G.,241. 

SUBORDINATE. All Lodges and Encampments are Subordin- 
ate except the G.L.U.S. : to it all Grand Bodies are directly 
subordinate; and to these the Subordinate Lodges and En- 
campments specially called so are subordinate: Lodges and 
Encampments of this lower grade are subject directly to the 
G.L.U.S. if in territory for which no G. Body has been created. 
See, generally, Chap's I, II, and VIII, and the titles next fol- 
lowing. 

SUBORDINATE ENCAMPMENT. (Indexed only so far as 
relates to Sub. L. ; for other matters, see Encampment Index 
at close of this one.,» Place in procession, 622 ; why trials should 
be held in L's rather than in Enc"ts, 632; Scribe to furnish list 
of Enc't members to Sec'y, etc., 275. 

SUBORDINATE LODGE. I As almost the whole constitution 
and legislation of the Order relate in result to Subordinate 
Lodges, the larger part of the Digest might be reindexed un- 
der this term. Only such portions of the general laws as seem 
most likely to be sought here are indexed under this title ; and 
for other matters the inquirer is referred to other titles. 

' Lodge ', used without qualification, means a Sub. L. in good 
standing, 895 ; Sub's have no legislative power but to make by- 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 423 

B®= The figures refer to the sections. = W& 

laws, 179; obey laws of superior, and of G.L.U.S. in preference 
to those of G.L. or G.E.,179; but should observe laws of im- 
mediate superior until reversed on appeal, 180; rights during 
appeal, 180 ; may not hold conventions, or ask advice, except 
from G. Body, 181 ; must respect the communications from its 
superior, 182 ; becomes defunct by failure to meet or to report, 
or by lack of members, 185 ; may not be suspended or expelled 
without a hearing, 186; effect of suspension, etc., 187; must 
punish immoral members, 191 ; may correct errors of igno- 
rance, 192; is responsible for mistakes of officers, 193; must 
have seal, 194-5 ; may not have procession without authority, 
except lor funeral, 196; nor festival, 204-7; nor have lottery, 
gift-enterprise, etc., 197; nor ask aid without leave, 198; may 
not legalize illegal act of its officers, 201 ; nor obtain special in- 
corporation, 209 ; nor make political demonstration, 208; may 
not alter constitution, 830. 
[See, for General Laws on Sub. L's, Chap. VIII, R 178-213.] 

SUICIDE. Benefits not refusable for suicide, 465. 

SUING. G.L.U.S. declined suing certain defaulting D.D. G. 
Sires, as a scandal to the Order ; but it says that L's should not 
make themselves judges of pecuniary affairs between brothers 
which are better settled in courts, 642. 

SUMMONS. Issued by Sec'y, 271 ; how done, 671 : citation of ac- 
cused, 670; should be obeyed, even if L. errs in issuing, 653; 
summons of absconder, 674 ; summoning witnesses, 681. 
[See Trials, Contempt.] 

SUNDAY.— See Sabbath, the Sabbath laws being meant for 
Sunday laws : that of the G.L.U.S., I 789, uses the proper word. 

SUPPLIES. Meaning of the term, 872; kept and sold by G. 
Sec'y, 113,874: not to be printed by private parties, 872; prices, 
874; some sold to individuals, others to Subord's only, and sales 
for cash only, 875 ; cards only on written order or to a Bep. at 
G.L., 878 ; what is given new L's, 879 ; L. working in 2 languages 
may have 2 sets of books, one in each tongue, 880. 
[See Diploma, Chapter, Card, Odes, Charge-Books, etc.] 

SUPPOBTEBS. Supporters of G. Master, 111.121; appointive 
officers of L., 214; how appointed, 228; required rank, 241; oc- 



Surrender of card on order of L. is revocation 
of it, 532; if voluntary, equivalent to resignation, 534. 

Surrender of books, property, etc., by officer under trial, 669, 
note. 

Surrender of charter, effects, etc., see Charter, Property, 
Defunct, Suspension, etc. 

SUSPENDED LODGE, and SUSPENSION OF LODGE. G.L. 
may take charter of L. without trial, but it is unjust, 59; G.M. 
in recess may suspend L. for violating laws, 101 ; such suspen- 
sion valid till G.L. meets, 102 ; suspension takes effect as soon 
as proclaimed, 102; in 111. no L. to be suspended without trial, 
and how tried, 186 ; exceptions to this law, 186 ; suspended L. 

- gives up effects, 187; L. holding festival contrary to law to be 
suspended, 205; G.M. may suspend L. whose members attempt 
illegal distribution, 428; all functions of suspended L. cease, 



424 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 

*£#T" The jiyures refer to the sections.^® 
SUSPENDED LODGE, and SUSPENSION 1 1 F L< 1 1 >< ; K 

TINL'KJj. 

and acts are void, 287 ; officers can not be elected, nor installed, 
nor honors gained, 229. 
6®=" Cases of suspension of Lodges in Illinois, 186, note. 
See Defunct, Revival, Revived Lodge. 

SUSPENDED MEMBER, and SUSPENSION nF MEM- 
BERS. Suspension a temporary punishment, 715; for N.P.D. 
may be indefinite, but not if for cause. 735., 715, 7.W1; time deter- 
mined by Subord. subject to G. Body, 715; in 111. suspension 
not less than 8 days nor more than 1 year, 715; susp. member 
liable for dues, 401, 710, and for bad conduct. 710; cut off from 
all benefits and privileges, 710; even in case of death or sick- 
ness, 716,433,626; and his widow has no claims, 480; may not 
ask for card, 50*1; but L. may not refuse to receive communica- 
tions from him, 710; may be cited as witness, and admitted to 
L. to testify. 681 ; or if subject to further charges must be ad- 
mitted for trial, 703. 

Suspension not inflicted except after trial, 719; sundry illegal 
penalties held equivalent to suspension, 719; prescribed penal- 
ty for 2d offense of drunkenness. 72:-!; suspension not necessari- 
ly secret, 733 ; suspension from office not allowable, 246, 713 ; sus- 
pension carries loss of office, 246; how suspension is voted, 6%; 
suspension may be voted only at certain meetings, 697; notice 
sent to other L's, 711; entered in black-book. 711 ; notice to <;. 
Sec'}', 274; notice to Scribe of Enc't, 275; suspension arising 
from error to be revoked, 467 ; suspended person may appeal, 
757-8; suspension terminated by (x. Body without consent of 
Sub., 757. 

Suspended person paying dues not deprived of benefits on 
reinstatement, 466; dispensation can not allow regalia at fu- 
neral of suspended person, 154; rejoining of suspended member 
of revived L., 351 ; suspended person may not join other L. ex- 
cept by consent;, 320, 321 ; person suspended can be reinstated 
only on evidence of former connection, etc., 352; reason for 
suspension given in returns to G.L., 862; person suspended for 
definite time not reinstated till it expires. 780; suspension 
ceases when time expires, 780; name not erased at suspension, 
7.84. 

[See Penalty, Non-Payment, Dropping, Trials, Rein- 
statement.] 

SUSPENSION of Benefits, see Benefits, or g§435-36; of Work, 
see Work, or >,<. Is9, 397. 9u9. 

SWEDISH.— See FnKKtux Laxcu\\<;k. or \ 211. 

SWORDS. Use prohibited. 01*. 

TAVERN. L. may not meet in tavern, 184. 

TAX. 1. Assessments. Galled dues, 383; holder of V. Card liable 
to, 400; for what legally levied, 418; must be levied to pay ben- 
efits, 419; assessments go into general or special funds. II 1. 884. 

>,.,. Assl-.-SM knts. 

2. Representative. «75 for each G. Rep., whether sent or not, 
11; part of G.L.U.S. revenue. 32. 

3. Capitation. Reckoned on G.L. members, allowable basis 
of revenue, 54; on members of L's, means of revenue in 111., 
188; how reckoned, 1*8; to be sent before installation, 294; how- 
sent, 866. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 425 

H^ The figures refer to the sections, ."^H 

i"In 111. adopted in 1857, and first assessed that year; rates 
have been these : fifty cents. 1858. l>62 : sixty cents. 1>59 ; seven- 
ty-five cents, 1860, '61, '63, '65, "69, 70, '71; eightv cents. 18-57, '64; 
eighty-five cents, 1866, '67, '68.] 
TEEM. Of G. Rep. begins with session next after his election, 
and is 2 years, 12. 
Of G.L. Officers, 1 year, 48 ; of Rep. to G.L. 111., 2 years, 70. 
Of Lodge and L. off' s, 6 months, 26 nights, 849. 318. 214; may 
be extended by G.L. to 1 year or more, but must have regular- 
number of meetings. 849. 790; time of beginning and ending, 
849 ; term of new or revived L., 850, 226 ; term of Beb. Degree L., 
584, 586; terms can not be shortened by dispensation, 318. 
See Hoxoes of Office. Eetuexs." 
TEST OATH. Not allowable, 545. 
TESTIMONY— See Evidence, Part III. on Trials. 
TIE VOTE, in election in G.L. Illinois settled by lot, S9 ; tie vote 
is no expression of opinion on question, 100. [In Sub. L. de- 
cision of tie by lot not allowed, 221.] 
TITLE. Of the Order, and how abbreviated, 894 ; titles of Order 
not to be used for private benefit, 620 ; title of G.L.U.S. , 1 ; of G. 
L. 111., 66. 
(Designation of Rank or Office.) In G.L.U.S. Journal to be 
* put after name, 15; ' M.Y\V and 'R."W.' designate elective G. 
Off 's, 48; no such title as 'Right Reverend ', 51 ; P.G.M. may 
announce his title on visiting Sub. L.. 12S; used in debate, etc., 
81. 
TRACT, STANDARD, on Odd-Fellowship, issued by G.L.U.S., 

given away by that body, 874-5. 
TRAFFIC in intoxicating drinks, why not forbidden by by- 
law, 644. 
TREASON. Subject to penalty ; 646. 

TREASURER. ( Lodge Officer. Treasurer of G.L., see G. 
TEeasueee.) Elective officer of Sub. L., 214; N.G. may not 
beTreas., 242; duties, 281 ; keeps notes, bonds, etc., 284; may 
refuse to pay erroneous order, 283 ; final report at last meeting 
in June or Dec'r, 285; if not legally installed, no money to be 
paid to him, 280, a; not installed if bond is not previously 
ready, 303; payment of dues to Treas. is not payment to L., un- 
less he is Per. Sec'y i??'o tern., 393, 394; can not demand "W. Card 
before settlement of all accounts, 527; refusal to pay legal or- 
der is official misconduct, 640 ; Committee or Trustees can not 
draw on Treas., 821, 829 ; Treas. should not be Trustee, if avoid- 
able, 826 ; final report is at last meeting of term, June or Dec'r, 
285 ; report to be examined before first meeting of new term, 
854. 
"See Office, Officer, Eligibility. Boxd, Trustees, Fuxds, 

and related titles.] 
TRIAL. Of -G. Officer, 95, 718, note; L. can be suspended by G. 
L. only on trial. 59, 186 ; trials of members to be held in L. 
rather than in Enc't, and why, 632, 657: outline of practice in 
trials, 656; position of officer on trial, 669, 718; membership can 
be terminated by a L. only on trial, 658, 719; if accused holds 
"W. Card, it is revoked before trial, 680, 520; trial to be had sec- 
ond regular meeting after notice to party, 670; trial, strictly 
speaking, begins on call of the case and hearing of evidence, 
689 ; rules of the hearing and vote, 690 ; who may vote on quest- 



426 ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 

&§* The figures refer to the seclions.'&tk 

TRIAL — Continued. 
ion of conviction, 693; how penalty is voted, 695-fi; law of 
change of venue or removal of trial, 701; suspended member 
to be admitted to L. if on trial or a witness, 702, 681 ; person 
may not be tried twice for the same offense, 703; new trial 
may not be ordered by G.L. on appeal after it has declared ac- 
quittal, 768; records must contain the testimony and show all 
proceedings to be regular, (i77,0S4,706; no presumption in favor 
of L. as to proceedings, 706; trial by L., never by P.G's, 705; L. 
may not make by-laws on trials, 709, 841. 

[See the related subjects, Jurisdiction. Offense, Offi- 
cial Misconduct, Contempt, Information, Committee, 
Charges, Summons, Evidence. Accused, Penalty, Fine, 
Expulsion, Suspension, Reprimand, Venue, Ballot, Ap- 
peals, etc., etc. For suggested Forms, see Appendix, pp. 317- 
321.] 

TRUSTEES. Five chosen annually, when and how, 825 826; 
certificate of election to be recorded, 826; are Standing Com- 
mittee of L., not officers, 826; N.G.. V.G., Sec'y and Treas. not 
to be members, if others can be had, 826; hold office 1 year, but 
removable by L. only for neglect, 827; bound to obey orders of 
L. and subject to penalty, 828 ; may not draw on Treas. nor keep 
funds, bonds, etc., 829, 284; may have charge of widows and or- 
phans, 829; are not to be named individually in bond of Treas., 

UNWORTHY.— See Offense, Jurisdiction. 

U.S. SERVICE.— See Army. Treason. 

USAGE. Under control of G.L.U.S.,6; recognized source of 
law, 8; questions of usage not received in G.L.U.S. except from 
certain sources, 9; same not received in G.L. 111. except from 
Sub. L.,78; G. Instructors declare, 125; prohibits refreshments 
in Lodge- or ante-room, 203: requires weekly benefits, 439; hence 
allows refusal of benefits for part of week, 440; usage, trans- 
mission of A.T.P.W. by G. Rep., recognized as law, 494. 
[See Work of the Order.] 

VACANCY and VACATING. I. In G.L. U.S. and G.L. Not 
created by officer's or G. Rep.'s taking W. Card, if deposited in 
one month, 16; G. Rep. does not vacate by non-attendance 
first session, except under law of his G. Body, 17; but G.B. 
may vacate seat of G. Rep. not returning by Jan. 1st. 18; va- 
cancy in G. Office filled ad interim by G.M.,then by election or 
appointment, 95; vacancy in G.L. Committee, how filled, 132; 
vacancy of Rep. to G.L., how filled, 71 ; seat allowed to P. Off. 
may be vacated on further examination of his claim, 35; ex- 
pulsion vacates place of Dep'y or Rep., 147. 

II. In Subordinate. Vacancy created by failure to be in- 
stalled, 244-5; no vacation of office by absence unless law ex- 
ists to make it. 246; more than 3 successive absences vacates 
office if L. wills, 247; N.G. may not be reelected tb his own va- 
cancy and honors, 251 ; when S.D. member may fill vacancy 
in office of N.G.orV.G.,2lo; vacancy may be declared for fail- 
ure to learn work, 254 ; V.G. promoted to vacancy in N.G.'s 
chair has no P. V.G. honors, 314 ; in case of illegal installation 
(as without D. of R.), chair is vacated, etc., 302; election to 
Treas. vacated if bond is not approved before installation be- 
gins, if L. chooses, 303 ; no special authority needed to install 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 427 

B^T The figures refer to the sections. ~W& 

for vacancv after regular time, 291 ; vacancies in L. commit- 
mittees. ho'w filled, 819. 

' "See Removal (of Officers, Resignation.] 

VENUE. Law for change of venue of trial, 701, 702. 

VICE GRAND. Elective officer of L., 214; assists N.G. presid- 
ing, 269 ; take his place if absent, 265, 267, with all powers (ex- 
ception given) and wearing his regalia, 265-6-7; may not 
waive his right to N.G.'s chair except in certain cases, 266; ap- 
points his own supporters and minority of committees, 228, 



; may confer degrees as N.G., but not give P.G.'s charge, 

. t 262 ; signs returns of term, 856 ; service as V.G. qualifies for 

N.G.'s chair, 236, in any Lodge, 23/ , 316 ; V.G. may be chosen N.G. 



at close of term, 233; N.G. failing to be installed, V.G. presides, 
and may be elected N.G., 244; puts question on excusing N. 
G.'s absence, 268; who may be V.G. pro tern., -270; notice of 
sickness may go to V.G., 454; receives A.T.P.W. and other P. 
W's from G.M.,489,493; maybe on committee to examine vis- 
itors, 538; charges or information against N.G. go to V.G.,who 
presides in trial, 667-8; V.G. should not be Trustee, if avoida- 
ble, 826; V.G. installed without D. of R. to vacate seat, get de- 
gree and be reinstalled, 302; has charge of door under N.G.. 
269; may 'call meeting in absence of N.G. , 262. 

[See Officer, and titles named at close of that title.] 

VISITATION of G. Officers authorizes calling a P.G. to N.G.'s 
chair, 266. 

VISITING and VISITORS. Who may visit G.L.U.S., and 
how, 29; elective G. Off's may introduce visitors (in open L. 
only. 546), without usual examination, and limits of this pow- 
er, 129, 552, 155 ; L. or E. mav visit in a body introduced by its 
first 2 officers, and how. 549, 550, 551 ; A.T.P.W. for use of visit- 
ors, 493; visitor uses A.T.P.W. of date of his card, 496; holder 
of card visits during its currency, 519 ; W. Card invalid for vis- 
iting when one year old, o29; holder of Dism. Certif. has no 
right to visit, 5-55. 744 I 9), 756 ; member visits in his own state by 
S.A.P.W.. 537 ; out of it or in it by V. Card, or W. Card, and A. 
T.P.W., 493, 537 ; but L. card is not used to visit Enc't, and vice 
versa, 537; mode of examining and introducing visitor, 538; 
Form for introduction, Appendix, page Sid; visitor proves his 
degree rank, 539; but it card calls him P.G., he takes P.G.'s re- 
galia, 539; discrepancy in date of card and A.T.P.W. prevents 
visiting by it, 541 ; L. may examine visitor every time he comes, 
but need not so long as card is current, 542; holder of W. Card 
visits L. that granted it just as if a stranger, 543 ; holder of card 
without A.T.P.W. not admitted, 544 ; committee should use all 
necessary means to ascertain correctness of visitor, 544 ; no 
test oath or O.B.N, to be required of visitor, 545 ; visitor can 
not be examined and introduced before L. is opened, by com- 
mittee or by G. Off., 546 ; visitor who is correct may not be re- 
fused, except for violence, insult, indecorum, etc.. 54/-8; rega- 
lia and jewels of highest degree may be worn by visitor any 
where, but only by visitor, 604-5 ; suspended or expelled person 
has no right to visit any L. during pendency of appeal, 767; 
visitor not admitted on vouching, except in G.L.U.S., 29, 544. 
[See Card, Password, Committee, Vouching.] 

VISITING COMMITTEE. ^Committee (in L's using the Mod- 
el Code) which have care of the sick : not created by general 
law.] Notice of sickness may be given to any member of Vis. 
Com., 454. 



428 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest.— index. 

G^° The figures refer to the sections."^®. 

VISITS, OFFICIAL. G. Sire may make, at discretion, 26. G. 
M. may make, 98, 103; has honors given when on official visit 
if he so announces, and must wear regalia, etc., of office. 104; 
G. Rep. visiting officially as Elective G. Off. has honor-. 
Marshal attends G.M. in official visits, if required, 121 ; P.G.M. 
has honors only when he announces himself on official visit, 
128. "See Grand Instruct* IBS. 

VOTE and VOTING. I. Generally. All members must vote, 
unless excused, on all questions. 813; but directly interested 
party must not vote, M3, note; if tellers' report of votes is dis- 
puted, before vote is declared, it is taken a.uain. both sides. -If.; 
no one may vote if not in regalia, 81, 79v; tie vote on a question 
is no expression of opinion. 100: holding of office in G. or Sub. 
L. does not deprive of vote, nor give additional voting power, 
93. 256. 

II. In G.L.U.S. P.G. Sires have no vote, 10; G. Rep. casts 2 
votes in absence of colleague, 11 ; G. Kep. may vote on appeal 
from his state, even though interested, 78V. 

III. In G. Body. G. Lodge. P.G's may not vote by proxy. 52 ; 
P.G's having voted without choice, an election may be limited 
to Rep's, 52; Rep. casts vote of his L.. 1 vote; 2 for 75 members, 
3 for 150, etc., 68; last report determines vote of L.,68; all quest- 
ions settled by majority, unless on call of Lodges. 80; call for 
Lodge vote must be made by 2 Rep's, 80; how Lodge vote is tak- 
en, 80; votes announced by G.M. .S3: Rules of order on vot- 
ing, 84: G. Off. no special vote, nor right to vote ex officio, 93; 
G.M. has casting vote, 97: when two-thirds vote is required, it 
means % of members present, 41; - vote of Rep's to amend 
Const., 79; h vote to suspend or expel L., 180; -.■; vote to set 
aside Order of Rusiness or Rules, SI ; % vote to remove G. Of- 
ficer, 95. 

IV. In Sub. L. G.Off. neither loses nor gains voting right, 
93; vote by acclamation in elections, 221 ; N.G. has casting vote 
only on questions ; has vote in elections, 255-6 : N.G. announces 
votes. 255 ; conditional vote on YV\ Card illegal, 511 ; vote on "\Y. 
Card not to be had. charges or information pending. 514-15; 
cards given on vote only, 516 ; applicant for card may withdraw 
application anytime before vote. 516; ballot vote on giving W. 
Card, ballot or usual way on Vis. Card. 517-ls; vote giving W. 
Card severs membership. 519; vote giving W.Card not to be 
reconsidered or rescinded, 533; votes in L. are by r.s.t >.F.. 814 : 
L. may vote by yeas and nays. 814, 815; Decree L's vote like 
others, 815; R.I). L's vote yes or no, 593; all vote, including new 
members, 812, 813; in elections votes out of nomination not 
counted, 222; votes in blank counted, 222; in trial, only those 
hearing evidence vote on result, 690; who may and may not. 
do and do not, vote in trial, 693; effect of white and black balls 
in trials to be explained by N.G., 694 : voting on penalty 
ulated by G. Rodies. 695; whether two votes on expulsion mav 
be had, 695; vote on each charge and specification separate, 
699; it is not punishable to vote for one's self, or canvass for 
votes, or to cast a black ball, 651. 

No vote required, to give certificate of standing for joining 
Enc't, 277; to give order for P.W., 499: to assign a penalty pre- 
scribed by law, 700; to enforce disabilities for arrears, 754; for 
dropping, 745. 



ILLINOIS ODD-FELLOWS' DIGEST. — INDEX. 429 

^T The figures refer to the sections. "13a 

Majority vote required, in elections, 222 ; to vote card, 518 ; to 
elect members in R.D.L., 591 ; to determine period of suspen- 
sion, 696; to impose or remit fine, <27. 

Two-thirds vote required, to grant card to wife or widow, 536; 
to convict in trial, 690; to determine kind of penalty i'but not 
time or amount), 690 ; to reverse illegal result of trial, 707 ; to re- 
instate after expulsion, 781. 

'See Ballot. Election.] 

VOUCHING. Of G. Rep. admits qualified visitor to G.L.U.S., 
29; not allowed to gain admission into L., 487, 544; other evi- 
dence than vouching of officers of L. visiting in body may be 
required (? i, 550. 

See Visiting, Grand Officers.] 

WARDEN. Appointed Off. in L.. 214; must have Scarlet and 
Rebekah Degrees, 233 : may be paid for services, 252; his posi- 
tion, 286; S.A.P.W. given him. and how, 491 ; case of P.G. act- 
ing as Warden, but not in proper regalia, 608. 

WARRANT, i An authority for opening a Lodge and holding 
meetings. The Charter is the Warrant given by the G.L. ; 
see that title. References here given relate only to the pre- 
liminary dispensation.) 

G. Master issues, 97, but not ex officio, 98 ; filled by G. Sec'y on 
receiving petition, and sent to G.M..L0; constitutes the L., 
naming its original members, 171; warrant for R.D.L. issued 
by G.M..5S5. 

WATCHING. By-laws may not prescribe limits to the watch- 
ing service, 841 '7j ; practicing physician should be excused, 
and why, 906 ; watching service not limited by state lines, 907. 
"See Sick. Care of." 

WIDOW. By-law giving funeral benefit for brother's wife does 
not give one for death of widow, 462; no general law requiring 
specific annuity to widow; law of rate, 479; widow of sus- 
pended member has no claim on L., 480; card may be granted 
to widow, valid during widowhood, 536; how widows of Odd- 
Fellows may bave the Reb. Degree, 581, 582. 

[See Deoree of Rebekah, Widows and Orphans.] 

WIDOWS AND ORPHANS. W. and O. Fund may mot must) 
be created, 421 ; if created, may not be merged in general fund, 
421 ; widows and orphans are proper claimants upon the Order, 
481; Trustees a proper standing committee to have care of 
them, 829. 

[See Widow, Benefits, Relief, Family.] 

WIFE. By-laws may allow funeral benefit on death of wife, 
461, intended for relief of brother. 462; card for 1 year may be 
given to wife, 536: Rebekah Degree conferred on wife of mem- 
ber of Scarlet Degree, 578; wife of holder of W. Card, if of Reb. 
Dgr., may attend Reb.-Dgr. meetings. 583 ; regalia not worn by 
L. at funeral of brother's wife, 625 ; wife may not give evidence 
against her husband, 686; former wife (divorced) may be wit- 
ness against former husband, 686; man having wife of bad 
character not proper candidate for admission. 328. 

[See Widow, Family. Orphans, Benefits.] 

WITHDRAWAL. Notice of to be given to Scribe, when, 275. 
[See Cab,t>, Withdrawal; Resignation.] 

WITNESSES. Accused must bave right to meet and cross-ex- 
amine prosecution's witnesses, and to be beard by his own 



480 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest.— index. 

J8®= The figures refer to the sections.'"®®. 

witnesses, 656; witnesses cited by Sec'y,68l; who are to be 
cited as witnesses, t,si ; non-resident witnesses. i,s2; expense of 
defendant's witnesses not paid by L., 684 ; witnesses in case of 
removed trial, 702. m , - ,...,„„, 

[See Evidexce, III. in trials; also, Trials and related titles.] 
WORK OF THE ORDER. Written and unwritten, the writ- 
ten being in the Charge and Degree Rooks, 8; regulated by G. 
L U.S. alone, 6; vote necessary for changes, 6; work is source 
of law, 8; G. Rep. must instruct his G. Body, 18; G. Body en- 
forces strict observance, -16; no work of any sort allowed but 
that prescribed by G.L.U.S., 572; appointment of instructors 
recommended. 47; L. chartered to work in German may work 
in no other language, 210; work in Scandinavian r-.ngues al- 
lowed, but no translation of written work, 211 ; officers must 
commit their parts of the work in one month, 254 : B .G. is cus- 
todian of books of written work, and may not allow copies, 
nor taking from Lodge-room, 259 ; P.G.'s charge may be given 
bv N G. never by V.G., 262; no omission from, addition to or 
variation from initiatory ceremony allowed . :;72 ; us, ■ . »1 hatchel, 
ratchet, or bull-ring, forbidden, 917; by-law affecting, work, di- 
recting use ofS****, is illegal, -S42; work not to be interfered 
with by letting Lodge-room, or sale ot paraphernalia. 908, 909, 
maArina defined. 9H>: address to chairs obligatory, 918; tempo- 
rary suspension was allowed during War of Secession, .J9< ; re- 
hearsal of old work or parodies, etc., forbidden, o,.?; degree 
work by book in opening, 572 ; voluntary societies may not use 
Reb.-Dgr. Work, 594-5, n ^ _ „ 

[See Degrees, Gband Instructors, Charge-Books, Sup- 
plies. Initiation. Usage.] 
YE1S AND NAYS. Called in G.L. on all votes by Lodges, 
and recorded, 80; may be taken in Sub. L., 814 815; is regular 
mode of voting in R.D.L's, 593. .See \ i »TE. | 



INDEX TO ENCAMPMENT CHAPTER. 



g^PLaws in the earlier chapters peculiar to Encampments are 
also referred to here ; but laws common to both branches of the 
Order are not re'indexed here, and must be sought in the former 
Index under corresponding titles. 



i^f The figures refer to the sections."^®. 

ABSENCE. In G-.E,, in case of absence of G.P., G.H.P. pre- 
sides; if both are absent, the G-.S.W. presides ; if tbese three, 
the G.J.W. ; if all these; a P.G.P. presides, 946-7. 960. In Sub. 
E.,in absence of C. P., the S.W. takes chair; if both are absent, 
the J.W. presides, 996; if H.P. is absent, any R.P.D. member 
may fill his place, 996; how to install in absence of C.P.-elect, 
1000 ; C.P. installs successor in absence of G.P. and Deputy, 1003 ; 
officer absent 3 meetings loses office, 1004. 

ACT OF INCORPORATION, abstract, 964; given, Appendix, 
page 302. 

ADMISSION BY CABD. On current card, 1013; on expired 
card, 1014-15. 

AMENDMENTS, of Constitutions and By-laws, 962. 

ANCIENT ODD-FELLOW, Patriarchal, how admitted on ex- 
pired card, 1014-15 ; on evidence of possession of work, case, 
1016. 

APPEALS. How taken and decided, 1043. 

APPOINTMENT, of G. Offs. and Deputies by G.P., 933, 935; of 
committees by G.P., 939 ; of G. Instructors, 945 ; of certain Offi- 
cers of Subs., 987-8. 

APRON, part of regalia, P. and G.R. Degrees, 1071, 597. 

ABBEARS. G.E. does not admit members from Sub's in ar- 
rears, 929; one term's arrears does not debar from business in 
Sub., 975 ; one in arrears to defunct may be reinstated by G.P., 
1061 : arrears in L. do not affect membership in Camp, 976. 
TSee Dues, Non-Payment.] 

ASSESSMENT— See Tax. 

ASSISTANT SCRIBE. Office in Sub. E., equivalent to Per. 

■ Sec'y of Lodge, 992. 

BALLOT. One black ball rejects, 1009 ; use of signs at balloting 
not required, 982; not reconsidered, 1017; new ballot may be 
had any time before admission, 1017 ; had only in B.P.D.,and 
why, 1018 ; inquiry into casting black ball illegal, 1019 ; whether 
separate ballots are had on tbe degrees is local law, 1063 ; only 
one ballot for 3 degrees, 1064. 

[See Election, Membebship.] 



432 INDEX TO ENCAMPMENT CHAPTER. 

®W The figures refer to the sections.'%Ak 

BENEFITS. Enc't must pay benefits, and provide for paying 
them, 1037; rate fixed by by-laws, 1035; beneiits to members of 
P.D., 1085; loss of beneiits in L. does not affect light in Enc't, 
1036; E. is liable for rate of" benefits indorsed on V. Card, 1038; 
may correct error in -rant ol benefits, L039. 

BOND. G. Treas. gives, before installation, 951 ; blank for Treas. 
in sub. furnished, 949. 

BUSES ESS. In G.E., special session, only what is in the call 
taken up, 959; order of in G.E. ,960; in G.E. Degree, with ex- 
ceptions. 961. 

In Sub. E.. transacted in R.P.D. only, 1018, 1082; order given 
in Charge-Book, but other may be adopted, L082. 

BY-LAWS. G.E. adopts by two-thirds vote. 9*52; sub's adopt, 
and send to G.E. for approval, 962 : in absence of by-law about 
A. O.F., general law covers case. 1015; fees, dues and benefits 
fixed by by-law, 1028. 1035; change of by-law does not n 
from indorsed rate of benefits on card, 1038; ' Model Code ' pre- 
pared, 1083. 

CAPITATK )N TAX.- See Tax. 

CARD. I. Generally. Signed by C.P. and Scribe, 50 1 ; not in le- 
gal form if signed by II. P.. and why. 1053; scroll may be used 
for seal, when. 1004; visitor with defective card can not be ad- 
mitted on it, 1055. 

II. Visiting. May be granted for more than one year, 1056; 
must be returned when expired, but not demanded earlier, 
1057; how exchanged for W. Card. 1057; rule of benefits in- 
dorsed, 1038. 

III. Withdrawal. W. Cards accompany petition for new 
Enc't, 96S; taking W.C. from E. does not terminate member- 
ship in Enc't for one year, 1025; officer taking W.C. from 1.. la 
notdisqualihed,9!»4; admission on expired card, 101-1-15; if mem- 
ber holding W.C from L. fails to pay dues. Camp has no re- 
dress but refusal of earn, etc., 1030; V.C. must be return 

fore delivery of W.C, 1057; when officers issue W.C, 1059; ef- 
fect of expiry of W.C. from L., 1025, Hum but low was repealed 
in 1872 ; W.C given to members of defuncts. 1001; degree not 
conferred on holder of Lodge W.C, 1066. 

See Vi.siTs ax 1 1 Visitors. 

CERTIFICATE. Of member of G.E. . 9.;o; ccififieate from L. 
to accompanv proposition, bv either Sec 'y, 1009. lulO; c 
lack of it 1011. 

CHAPEAUX, allowed in procession, 1U77. 

CHARGES may be against unworthy candidate. 
See i'!.!.. os. 

CHARTER, C. FEE, C MEMBER. Given on petition of 7 R. 
P.D. members, having L. membership in I11..9S; c Fee, f30, 
968; C members pay fee for Adm. by Card, 969; charter may 
not be surrendered if quorum is willing to work under it. 971 ; 
how charter is forfeited, 972. 

& e I u.i rxcr. 

CHECK WORD.— See I'assw. ntn. 

CHIEF PATRIARCH.- See Oil l 

CODE.— See By-Laws, or 1083. 

COMMISSION. Assigns powers and duties of D.D.G.P - 
Form in Appendix. pages 311-12. Form 17. 



INDEX TO ENCAMPMENT CHAPTER. 433 

UGi" The figures refer to the sections. = && 

COMMITTEES. Standing in G.E. Appointed by G.P., 939; 
named, 950 ; Finance Corn, to report on M. and P.D., 953. 

* Investigating. 3 Patriarchs, who investigate proposition, etc., 
reporting at next regular meeting, 1009. 

CONSTITUTION. 1. Of G.E. May admit or exclude P.BE.P's 
from membership, 927 ; G.E. 111. may amend its Const, by two- 
thirds majority at any session, 962 ; does not give G.P. powers 
like those of G.M. 111., 944. 

2. Of Sub. Enc't. Uniform, made by G.E., 1083, 962; how 
amended in G.E., 962; G.E. may approve const, or by-laws 
making service as H.P. necessary ibr C.P.. 991 ; member should 
sign at admission, 1024. 

COSTUMES, of G.E. Dgr. may not be used in public, 1076; G.P. 
may forbid any improper display of any costumes or emblems, 

DEFUNCT. How Enc't becomes defunct, 972; duty of last of- 
ficers. 972; how revived, 972, note; cards to members, 1061. 
DEGREES. G.E. Degree. G.E. works in ; how and where con- 
ferred. 926 ; exception to working in this degree, 961 ; all P.C.P's 
and P.H.P's entitled to it, 961; not necessary to D.D.G.P., 956; 
obtained by G. Rep. without rank or privilege, 14. 

Sub. Enc't Degrees, generally. May be conferred on S.D. 
members to qualify as petitioners, and how, 965 ; Form of peti- 
tion for degrees, page 305 ; authority given under this to G.P. or 
Special Deputy, at discretion, 966 ; custom hereunder. 966, note; 
Camp degrees given only in Sub. Enc't, except as above ; never 
in G.E. ,967; C.P. may not refuse to confer degrees on person 
elected thereto, 997; degrees named, 1062; abbreviations for, 
1062; allowed local legislation on, 1063; degrees conferred after 
first ballot, not more than two at one meeting, 1064 ; but dis- 
pensation may authorize the three, 1068; Enc't may not confer 
on member of other Enc't without consent, 1065 ; not to be con- 
ferred on holder of W. Card, 1066 ; degrees may not be conferred 
on election to membership by Enc't out of 111., 1067 ; more than 
one may receive P. and G.R. Dgrs at once, but only one the R. 
P.D., 1069; person having P. D. elected to membership is enti- 
tled to others, 1070. [See Fees.] 

Patriarchal, or 1st. Dues accrue against member of P.D., 
1027 ; he receives benefits. 1035 ; entitled to S.A. Check W., 1049 ; 
may take W. Card, or rejoin by W. Card, 1058 ; election of mem- 
bers not had in P.D., 1018. 

Golden-Rule, or 2d. Its costumes not used in public. 1076. 

Royal-Purple, or 3d. G.E. may open in for installation, 961 ; 
petitioners for warrant must have, 965; all business of Enc't 
transacted in R.P.D., 1018, 1062; election is election to R.P.D., 
1018, 1064; E.P.W. used in R.P.D., 1051 ; R.P.D. qualification of 
visitor to G.L.U.S., 19, 29; charge conferred on but one person 
at a time, except in opening new Camp, 1069; to be given to a 
member elected who has only the P. and G.R., 1070. 
"See Work.] 
DEPUTY OF G.P. 1. Special. May confer Enc't Dgrs on S.D. 
members, etc., 965-6 ; to receive effects of defuncts, 972. 

2. Dislrict D.G.P. Appointive officer of G. Enc't, 935; has 

powers and duties assigned by commission, 955 and pages 311-12 ; 

need not have G.E. Dgr., 956; when entitled to honors, 956; 

right to take C.P's chair, 156 ; arrears do not disqualify till sus- 

28 



434 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

®W The figures refer to the 8eclion8.~5£k 

DEPUTY OF G.P.— Continued. 
pension, 957; no notice of special sessions of G.E. sent to. 960; 
Dep's must see to recording of Trustees, 984 : authority to issue 
dispensations, 1012 ; may give dispensation for .3 degrees in one 
evening, 1068; appeal may be taken from Dep.'s decision, 1043; 
Dep'y can not authorize visiting on improper card, 1055; may 
not install or give Check-W. until returns are recorded, 1087. 

DISTRICTS. Made by G.E. or G.P., 955 : generally each Enc't 
a district, 955. See Dei'ity, No. 2.] 

DIGEST.— See pageMH; also, Table of Comparison of Digests, 
page 353. White's U.S. Digest referred to, 1059, 1066. 

DISPENSATION. By dispensation G.P. may authorize non-res- 
ident to join Enc't, 1008; D.D.G.P's may issue, 1012; as, to give 
3 degrees in one meeting, 1068. 

DISTRIBUTION. ILLEGAL. General laws on, 425, 426, 427 ; re- 
ducing fees and returning to members the amount previously 
paid in excess is illegal distribution. 1031. (r.E.Ill. has not 
passed any law corresponding to I 428. 

DROPPING for N.P.D. not allowed; suspension in stead, 1045. 

DUES. By-laws must fix rate, 1028 ; C. Tax not added to regular 
rate, 1028; accrue as soon as one is initiated, 1027; can not be 
charged for period of suspension of a member's Lodge. 1029; re- 
fusal to pay on withdrawing from L.. 1030; rate not to be in- 
creased as penalty for N.P.D. , 1032. 

See Non-Payment. Arreai:-. 

EFFECTS.— See Property. 

ELECTION. (1) In G.E., 9:34. (2) In Sub. E, 988; at last regular 
meeting, 993 ; election to membership includes all degrees, 1064, 
1018. See Eligibility, Officers, Membbbsb i p. 

ELIIBGILITY. (1; In G.E. Advised that if P.H.P's are mem- 
bers of G.E., they be eligible to any office, 927; 111. law con- 
forms to this; any member eligible, 936. 

(2) In Sub. E. For C.P. one term's previous service required, 
990; same service desirable for H.P., 990; power of Sub. E. on 
eligibility, 991. As member. With consent, under dispensation, 
law of residence may be disregarded. 1008 ; member in L. of one 
state may join Enc't in other state. 1008; only S.I), members in 
good standing eligible. 1006; rule of residence, 1007. 

EMBLEMS. Public use of mav be prevented bv G.P., 940. 

ENCAMPMENT.— See Grand* Enc't or Sirord. Enc't. 

EVIDENCE. Of standing and service, to be furnished to G.E. 
to gain membership, 961 ; evidence of standing in L. to be fur- 
nished for admission, by either Secy or P. Sec'y, 1009, 1010; 
Enc't may acton sufficient evidence as to withdrawal or renew- 
al of membership, 1026; evidence of standing to be furnished 
semi-annually by members of L's out of 111., 977; evidence of 
A.O.F. by the work, 1016; decision of a court not evidence of 
guilt or innocence, 1044. 

EXPELLED and EXPULSION. Notice of expulsion sent, 
1040; expulsion for N.P.D. forbidden, 1045 : how person formerly 
expelled for N.P.D. mav be restored, 1046. 

EXPEXD1TURES anj>*EX l'KNSK. Enc't pays expenses of 
G. Instructor invited, 945; funds not usable lor expense of sup- 
pers, etc.. 1033. 

FEES. Charter members pav. 969; fee for admission bv card. 



INDEX TO ENCAMPMENT CHAPTER. 435 

$IW The figures refer to the sections.'Wm. 

1013 ; initiation and degree fee not less than S6, to be fixed by 
by-law, 1025 ; fee may be reduced, 1031 ; charter fee, 830, 968. 

FESTIVAL. To be held only on consent of G.P., 986. 
[See Expenditures." 

POEMS.— See Index of Forms, page 388. 

FUNDS. Of G.E., kept by G. Tr., 951 ; Enc't may give only tem- 
porary control of funds to Trustees, 1034. 

TSee Dues, Fees, Expenditures." 

GAUNTLETS, not admissi ble as regalia, 1077. 

GLOVES, a part of regalia, 1071. 

GOOD STANDING in L. < or with W. Card. 319, 1025) necessary 
to membership in Enc't, 1006; evidence to be furnished at ap- 
plication, 1009; and, by member of L. out of 111., semi-annual- 
ly, 977; member in good standing in Enc't entitled to a seat 
therein, 976. 

GRAND ENCAMPMENT. .See Grand Bodies, in previous 
Index. p. 389. ) Legislation of G.E. 111. like that of G.L. 111., and 
why, 924; G.E's exist by warrants of G.L. U.S., 925; in preced- 
ence, rank below G.L's, 925 ; work in G.E. Dgr., 926,961 ; excep- 
tion, 961; composed of P. C. Patriarchs only or of P.C.P's and 
P.ELP's, 927; in 111. of both, 929; history of G.E. 111., 928, and 
page 350; not representative body, 929; its sessions, 959 ; open- 
ing of sessions, and rules of order, 960; power over its own con- 
stitution and by-laws and those of Subord's, 962, 991 ; revenue, 
963; G.E. 111. is corporate body, its title, powers, etc., 964; G.E. 
can not confer the Enc't degrees, 967 ; can punish Subord. upon 
trial, 1047. 
[See Membership. Offices, Grand Officers, etc., etc.] 

GRAND INSTRUCTORS. Their appoin tment and powers, 945. 

GRAND OFFICERS. Named. 933, 934; how elected, 934; ap- 
pointed, 935; vacancies, 936; who is eligible, 936; removable for 
misconduct or Deselect. 937; powers aud duties, 938; elective G. 
Offs entitled to M. and P.D.,953; honors to be given, 954; G. 
Offs constitute the corporation of G.E. 111., 964; their jewels 
and regalia, 1072, 1075. Lists of G. Offs of G.E. 111. see in Ap- 
pendix, page 350. ] 

Grand Patriarch. Elective officer, 933; not ineligible, 936; 
powers and duties, has supervisory power, 938, 939 : powers not 
like those of G.M. 111.. 944; nlav suspend or remove appointed 
officers, 937: may forbid display of emblems, costumes, etc., 
940; may not ex officio authorize removal of Subord., but may 
under local law of 111., 941, 943 ; can not authorize Subord. to meet 
alternately at two places. 942; nor change name of Enc't, 944; 
appoints Gr. Instructors, 94-3 ; who takes office in vacancy aris- 
ing or absence, 946-7, 960 ; customarily makes districts for D.D. 
G.P's, 955; may call special sessions, 959; may make assess- 
ments on Subord's. when,963 : may confer degrees on S.D. mem- 
bers, when, 965-6; opens new Enc't by self or Dep'y, 968; re- 
ceives property of defuncts, 972 ; festival had only with his con- 
sent, 986; may give dispensation to admit non-resident, 1008; 
[can authorize admission of Patr. suspended for N.P.I), in oth- 
er jurisdiction, 1022: the law of G.L. U.S. allowing this was re- 
pealed in 1872 ;] appeals go to G. P.. 1043 ; (LP. can not heal error 
of defective card, 1055: issues cards to members of defuncts, 
1061; may authorize uniform headdress for Enc'ts in public, 
1077; may require special report about records. 1087. 



436 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

%W The figures refer to the sections."^ 

GRAND OFFICERS— Continued. ...««. * 

G.H. Priest. Powers and duties, 946 ; presides in absence of 

T 'g'. Senior Warden. Powers and duties, 947 ; presides if supe- 
riors are absent, 960. _. -_ 
G. Scribe. General statement ol powers and duties, 948; fur- 
nishes blank bonds, 949, and blank books for records of re- 
turns, 1087 ; corrects returns, 950 ; keeps regalia of &.E., 949. 
G. Treasurer. Duties, 951. 
G. Representative. Duty, 952. 

G. Junior Warden. Duties and powers, 9o2 ; presides in ab- 
sence of superior officers, 960. . 

G. Sentinels. Appointed officers, 935 ; duties, ME. 

HONORS. 1. Of Office. Same rules as in Lodges, 9S8. -^ 

2. Of the Order. Same fur G.E. OfFs as for G.L.Offs,9o4; due 

to D.D.G.P. on official business. 956. 

ILLEGAL DISTRIBUTION.- see Distribution-. nMmWi 

INCORPORATION of G.E. 111. and Subord's, 904, and pages 300, 

302. See Tbttstebs.] 

INITIATION. 'This term is used in the Encampment to de- 
note the conferring of the Patriarchal or first degree. Another 
term is more appropriate.; Case of initiation without the 
proper certificate. 1011 ; initiation may occur by dispensation 
on evening of proposition, 1012; if objection is made to elected 
candidatefmvestigation to be had, 1020; candidate examined 
by J.W., and need speak only for his hearing, 10U. 
See Membership, Eligibility, etc.] 
INSTALLATION. Held at first regular session of teim 993, 
officers must be free of charges, etc.. 1003 : C.P. may install suc- 
cessor, and when, 1003; the 9 questions are obligations, 1003 , r. 
H.P. can not install. 1001 ; how to install if C.P.-elect is absent, 
1000; position at installation. 1002; returns must be recorded be- 
fore installation, 10S7; Ass't Scribe takes part of Scribes O.B. 
N., 992 ; officer-elect is not disqualified by taking J* . CMd irom 
L.,994 ; G.E. mav open in R.P.D. for installation, %1 ; suspended 
Patr. not to be installed. 936, note. 

[See Deputy, etc.] . 

INSTITUTION. BvG.P. or Dep'y,968; how done, in case of 

degrees conferred on S.D. members, 966. 
INSTRUCTION. By Gr. Instructors. 945; at G.E., %1. 
JEWELS. For G.E. officers and members, 10/2: P.Cr.P. 3, 1074, 

what P. Officers wear, 1075 : officers of Sub. E., 10*3. 
JOURNALS. Rule of distribution, 1091. . 
JURISDICTION of Enc't for words spoken m L.. 1042, and note. 
LAWS in Illinois alike fi >r G.E. and G.L. and why. 9/-4. 
LEGISLATION, LOCAL. Grade of P.H.P's depends on it 927, 
mav prescribe who shall give certificate of standing. 1010, de- 
termines about separate ballots on degrees, and giving two or 

more on same ni Kb t, 1063. _ „, 

LOCATION. Of -Enc't. as specified in charter, 942; power of G. 

P. over, 941-2-3. Of Officers, see Position. k«™h 

LODGE. 1. Grand. If G.L. suspends subordinate. G.E. is j bound 

by the act, and must exclude members ol suspended body, 

2. 'Subordinate. Payment of dues to L. not inquired into by 
Enc't, 976; member of E. must be member of L., and in good 



INDEX TO ENCAMPMENT CHAPTER. 437 

1SW The figures refer to the sections. *W& 

standing, 1006, 1009, as shown by Sec'y of L., 1010, 1011 ; if stand- 
ing is lost by suspension of L., no dues accrue, 1029 ; Enc't rnay 
in any way knoiv standing in L., 1026 ; words spoken in L. may 
be offense in Enc't, 1042; suspension of L. binds G.E., 1048; 
Enc't may not demand Lodge's S.A.P.W., 1050 ; number of L. 
to wbicb member belongs to be recorded in returns, 1089 ; mem- 
ber of L. out of 111. to give evidence of standing semi-annual- 
ly, 977 ; result of leaving discipline to Lodge. 1041. 
[See Goon Standing.] 

MEETINGS. 1. Of G.E.-See Sessions. 

2. Of Sub. E. Held at place named in charter, 942 ; meetings 
may be opened and closed with prayer, 973 ; propositions re- 
ceived and acted on at regular meetings only, 1012; meetings 
twice a month, or, G.E. consenting, once, 1079; may be reck- 
oned bv lunar months, 1080 ; may not be opened before regular 
time, 1081. 

MEMBERSHIP. 1. Of G.E. P.C.P's and P.H.P's admitted, 
on legal evidence, 929; certificate, 930; P.H.P's admitted to 
one G.E. may be refused by another, 927, 931; membership may 
be lost bv misconduct. 932 ; new members introduced by G.J. 
W.,952. 

2. Of Sub. E, Qualifications for, 1006; rule of residence, 1007, 
1008 ; L. membership of Patr. may be out of 111., 100S ; course of 
proposition and election, 1009: membership not disturbed by 
informalitv of certificate, 1011 ; admission by card, 1013 ; as A. 
O. P., 1014-15-16; election to membership includes R.P.D., 1018; 
objection to elected candidate, 1020 ^admission of persons susp. 
N.P.D., 1022. repealed in 1872] ; non-beneficial membership, 1023 ; 
taking W. Card from L. used to terminate membership in 
Enc't, but does not now for a year, 1025 ; failure of notice from 
L. does not affect membership. 1026; membership lost by sus- 
pension of L. , 1006, 1048 ; person may not be elected elsewhere 
and receive all degrees in Illinois, 1067; electing to member- 
ship a bro. of the P.D. involves giving him the others, 1070. 

[See Proposition, Eligibility, Ballot, Fees, and other 
related titles.] 

MILEAGE AND PER DIEM, paid certain G.E. Off's, 953. 

MILITARY parr: ] lernalia p rohibited, 1077. 

" MODEL CODE ", by N. C. Nason, approved, 1083. 
[See By-Laws.] 

MONTH, may be reckoned calendar or lunar. 1080. 
[See Meetings.] 

MUSIC, for G.R. Dgr. Ode, by Bro. Coan. recommended, 985; 
other music and ode sold by G. Scribe, 1090. 

NAME. Of G.E. 111., 964; Enc't not to be named for a living 
person, 970; Enc't may not change its name, nor may G.P. do 

NON-BENEFICIAL. Membership, 1023. 

NON-PAYMENT OF DUES. [Law for admission of persons 
suspended for N.P.D. valid from 1866 to 1872, repealed in 1872, 
g 1022.] Expulsion and Dropping for N.P.D. not allowed ; sus- 
pension allowed, 1045; no notice to adjacent Enc'ts of suspen- 
sion for N.P.D.. 1040; rate of dues not to be increased as pen- 
alty , 1032. [Law to suspend member in arrears taking W. Card 
from L., 1060: this repealed in 1872.1 



438 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

)$&r The flgHres refer to the sections. "&& 

OBLIGATION (O.B.N. \ Fosition (luring, 1002; imposed by 

questions at installation. 1003 ; the ( >.B.N. in O.K. Dgr., 981. 
ODE, in G.R. Degree, music for. 9S3, 1090; sold bv U.S.. lijiNl. 
OFFENSE. May cause loss of membership in G.E., 932 ; G. Off. 
punishable for, 937; Patriarch to be tried for offense, 1040; re- 
sult of trial, suspension and restoration in L., 1041 ; offense by 
words in L.. 1042. 

[See Trials, Evidence, Jurisdiction, etc. 
OFFICERS. Of G.E., see Grand "Officers; Past, see Past 
Officers. 

Of Sub. Enc't. 1. Generally. Named, 987-8: election, 988,993; 
Enc't may not create. 989; nominations for. 993; officer-elect 
not disqualified by taking W. Card from L.,994; positions of 
officers in open Enc*t. 9*3 • duties as in charge-books, 996; posi- 
tion at installation, 1002; free from charges and dues at install- 
ation, 1003; office vacated by 3 successive absences, 1004; resig- 
nation, 1005; can not grant cards, 1059; exception ? . 1059; en- 
ter in usual manner after Enc't is open, 978-9; officers of de- 
funct deliver effects. 972 ; jewels for, 1073. 

2. Chief Patriarch. Elective, 987-8 ; must have previous serv- 
ice, 990; must yield his judgment to decision of Enc't, 997; he 
only with Scribe can draw on Treasurer, 998; how to install 
when C.P.-elect is absent, 1000; C.P. can not be installed by a 
P.H.P.who is not P.C.P.,1001; C.P. may install successor, 1003 ; 
C.P. may not require a verbal resignation to be reduced to 
writing before action, 1005 ; duty of C.P. to see that all laws are 
obeyed, 1024; member forgetting E.P.W. may be admitted by 
C.P., 1052; occupant of chair if not C.P. signs card as C.P. pro 
tem., 1053; C.P. may not admit visitor on defective card, 1055; 
should have A.T.P.W., 996. 

High Priest. Elective, 987-8; should have previous service, 
990-1; if H.P. is absent and P.H.P. also, any R.P.D. member 
may fill place, 996; H.P. not authorized to preside; if presid- 
ing, can sign card only as C.P. pro tem., 1053. 

Senior Warden. Elective. 987-8; presides in absence of C.P., 
996; should have A.T.P.W., 996; makes the E.P.W., 1051. 

Scribe. Elective, 987-8 ; signs orders on Treas., 998; should 
notify Sec'y of L. of names of Camp members of his L., 275: 
makes up returns, 1086 ; must enter in returns number of L. of 
each member, 1089. 

Assistant Scribe. Election and duties, 992. 

Treasurer. Elective, 987-8 ; only C.P. and Scribe can draw 
on, 998. 

Junior Warden. Elective, PS7-8 ; may preside in absence of 
superiors, 996 ; must obey C.P.'s orders, under protest if deemed 
illegal, 999; is exception to the rule of formalities on entering, 
978-9; examines candidate at initiation, 1021. 

Guide, Watches, Guards, appointive, 987-8. 

Sentinel and O.S. Appointive, 987-8; I.S. receives E.P.W., 
1051. 
ORDER OF BUSINESS. In G.E., 960; Sub's may adopt other 

than that of Charge-Book, 1082. 
PASSWORDS, l. A.T.jP. W. C.P. and S.W. should have, 996. 

2. S.A.r. W. of Lodge. Enc't mav not require, 1050. 

3. S.A. Check W. Brother of P.D. is entitled to, 1049; test of 



INDEX TO ENCAMPMENT CHAPTER . 439 

i^W The figures refer to the sections.~W& 

right of admission. 1050; not given by D.D.G.P. until returns 
are recorded, 1087. 

4. .ELF. W. Used in Enc't, and how, 1051 ; if returning brother 
has forgotten, 1052. 
PAST OFFICERS. 1. Generally. Their regalia and jewels, 
1075. 

2. P.G.P. May preside in G.E., when, 960 ; jewel for, 1074. 

3. JP.C.JP. Proper members of G.E's, 927, 929 : entitled to G.E. 
Degree and admission to G.E. on presenting proper evidence 
of service, 961; if C.P.-elect is tbe only P.C.P., the P.H.P. can 
not install, 1001 ; regalia of P.C.P., 1071. 

4. P.H.P. May be members of G.E. by local law, and are so 
in 111., 927. 929; when so admitted are on equal footing with P. 
C.P's. 927; P.H.P's made members of G.E. in one state may" 
be refused this grade in another state, 931 ; in 111. entitled to G. 
E. Degree and membership on evidence, 961 ; can not install, 
1001. 

PENALTY, r/pon members of G.E.,932; upon G.E. officers, 
937; determined by Enc't in case of trial, 1040; if Enc't rests 
upon action of L. as to penalty, it must count offender in good 
standing as soon as L.'s penalty is passed, 1041 ; suspension or 
expulsion of Enc't voted only by two-thirds majority in G.E.. 
1047. [See Trials, and other related titles.] 

PERCENTAGE, constitutional method of raising G.E. reve- 
nue, used before 1861, not since, 963. 

PETITION. For warrant, law of, 968 ; forms, seepage 388. 

POSITION. Of officer at installation, 1002; of officers in open 

Enc't 995. 

PRAYER, l 

the ritual 

PROCESSION. Form and arrangement of, suggested, 1078. 

PROPERTY. G.E. may hold to annual value of $20,000, 964; of 
defunct, goes to care of G.E., 972, 

PROPOSITION. Course of, 1009; under dispensation may be 
acted on at once, 1012. 

QUALIFICATION. For membership in G.E., 927. 929, 931; of 

officers for installation, 1003 ; for membership in Enc't, 1006-7-8. 

[See Eligibility.] 

QUORUM. In G.E., seven, 959; organizing if quorum be ab- 
sent, 961; in Sub. E., seven is quorum, 971. 

RANK of G.E. is below G.L., 925. 

REGALIA. Enc't regalia defined, 1071 ; for past officers, 1075 ; 
visitor may wear Enc't regalia in L., 604-5 ; G. Scribe keeps G. 
E. regalia, 949. [See Jewels.] 

REINSTATEMENT after suspension for N.P.D., 1046; rein- 
statement after suspension in L. for offense reinstates in Enc't, 
if it has not imposed suspension, 1041. 

REJECTION. One blackball rejects, 1009; notice sent, 1017; re- 
jected person not proposed again for 6 months, 1017. 

REMOVAL, of G. Officer, 937 ; of Enc't toother location, power 
of G.P. to effect, 941, 943; removal of Sub. officer, 1004. 

REPORTS.— See Returns ; or Committee, Proposition. 

REPRESENTATIVE. G.E. not representative body, 929. 

RESIDENCE. Rule of, as affecting membership, 1007-8; tem- 
porary resident may not be initiated in 111. as member of an- 
other Enc't, 1067. 



440 ILLINOIS odd-fellows' digest. 

8®" The figures refer to the sections IsSW 

RESIGNATION. Of officer, may be oral, 1005 ; of membership, 
occurs when holder of W. Card not indebted to Enc't lets it ex- 
pire, 1060. 

RETURNS. Enc"t reports at close of term, etc., 963; Scribe 
makes out, 10S6; to be recorded in blank book. 1087: annual re- 
port required. 1088 : entry of Lodge-number of members to be in 
the returns, 1089; G. Scribe examines and corrects, 950. 

RULES OF ORDER. Of G.E.,960; G.E. adopts or amends by 
two-thirds vote. 062 ; in sub. E., 1082. 

SASH, worn by P.C.P's, 1071. 

SCARLET DEGREE, qualification for membership. 1006; S.D. 
members may ask to be exalted to form a new Enc't, 965. 

SEAL. Sub. Enc't must have, etc.. 983; use of scroll for seal. 
1054. 

SECRETARY. Certifies standing of applicant. 1010, 1011 ; should 
notify Scribe of changes of standing. 275; failure to notify 
should not hinder Enc't if facts are known. 1026. 

SESSION'S. Of G.E. Annual, at same place as G.L. 111. on 
evening of first day of G.L., 959; opening of session. 960; order 
of proceedings, 960; business in G.E. Degree, or, for installation, 
in R.P.D., 961; special sessions called bv G.P. on 30 days' no- 
tice. 939. 

SIGNATURE required at time of joining Enc't, 1024. 

SUBORDINATE ENCAMPMENTS. 'For most matters re- 
lating to Subordinates see other titles.) Sub's have uniform 
constitution from G.E., 10S3, 962; make by-laws, 962; make re- 
turns and pay C. Tax, 963 ; become corporate bodies. 964 ; formed 
by 7 R.P.D. members, and can not surrender charter while 
quorum will retain it, 968, 971 ; must ask permission for festival, 
204, 986 ; may not create new offices. 989 ; must pay benefits, 1037 ; 
are not bound to furnish regalia of past officers. 1075; may be 
suspended or expelled on trial in G.E. by two-thirds vote. 1047. 

SUPPLIES, sold by G. Scribe, and at what rates, 1090. 

SURRENDER of charter may occur only when quorum will not 
retain it. 971; surrender of property, 972; cards to members 
after surrender, 1061. 

[See Defunct.] 

SUSPENDED and SUSPENSION. 1. Of Lodge. Effect on 
membership, in Enc't. 1029. 1048; G.E. must regard, 1048. 

2. Of Sub. Enc't. May follow trial in G.E., by two-thirds 
vote, 1047. 

3. Of Members, for Offense. G.E. officer suspended by G.P.. 
937; member suspended on trial. 932; in Sub. E., penalty. 1040. 

4. For N.P.B. Allowed for one year's arrears only, 1045 ; one 
who leaves Order in arrears is suspended for N.P.D.. 1060: re- 
instatement after, 1046; admission of suspended members. 1022 
[repealed in 18721. 

SWORDS. Not allowed as regalia or dress in procession, 1077. 
TAX. 1. Assessment. Mav be made on Sub's bv G.P., when, 

963; may be made in Sub*. E. to pay benefits, 1037. 
2. Capitation. Mode of raising G.E. revenue since 1861. 963; 

not collected from members as separate dues, 102> ; sent with 

returns, 1086. 
TENT, place of. 995. 
TERM. Properly six months, mav be a year, 988, 1084 ; time of 

beginning and ending. 1084 ; term of new or revived Enc't, 1036. 



INDEX TO ENCAMPMENT CHAPTEE. 441 

ti^The figures refer to Vie sections."*^. 

TITLE.— See Name; of officers, see Grand Officers, Of- 
ficers. 

TRIAL. In Sub. E. follows code of Lodges, 1040; may be had 
for words spoken in L., 1042 ; not governed by action of courts, 
1044; Enc't punished only on trial. 1-047. 

"See Offexse. Penalty, Jurisdiction - .] 

TRUSTEES. Five to be chosen according to statute [ pages 300- 
302', and election recorded, 964. 9S4; power over funds, 1034. 

VACANCY. 1. In G.E. Pilled by G.P. ad interim, and by G.E. 
at session. 936 ; G.P. mav make bv removal of officer for cause, 
937; vacancv of G.P., filled by G.H.P., 946, or G.S.W., 947. 

2. In Sub. U. Not caused by officer's taking W.C. from L.. 
994: created bv 3 absences and vote of Enc't, 1004, 

VISITS and VISITORS. A member is not said to visit his own 
Enc't, 975; duty of OP. and S.W. in case of visit by card, 996, 
•538; cases of defective card, how treated, 1054, 1055. 

VOTE. G.P. has casting vote, 939 ; necessary to vacate office, 
1004; not lost by one term's arrearage only, 975. 
[See Ballot.] 

WARRANT. For new Enc't, issued by G.P., 939 ; issued on pe- 
tition of 7 R.P.D. members, 968, 965; S.D. members may be 
made R.P.D. to petition, 965-6. 

WITHDRAWAL. Withdrawal from L. by card does not affect 
membership for one vear, 1025 ; nor office, 994. 

WORK OF THE ORDER. Costumes and emblems not to be 
exposed, and G.P. may interfere, 940, 1076; Grand Instructors 
may be appointed to teach the work, 94-5 ; all work to be done 
courteously, and not for sport; parodies, etc., forbidden, 974; 
prayers in work must be used, 973 ; only J.W. and candidate 
may enter or leave without usual formalities, 978-9 ; calling up, 
and seating. 980 ; words in G.R.D. explained, 981 ; use of signs 
in balloting not to be required, and why. 982; positions of of- 
ficers and tent. 995 ; use of E.P.W., 1051-2 ; more than one can- 
didate mav come in in P.D. and G.R.D.. but onlv one in R.P. 
D., 1069. 



